A CHRONOLOGICAL VIEW OF WESTERN MUSIC HISTORY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS

Louise Reichardt

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April 11, 1779: Louise Reichardt is born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, one of three children born to Johann Friedrich Reichardt (26) and Juliane Benda, a musician and daughter of a musician.
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May 9, 1783: Juliane Benda Reichardt, wife of Johann Friedrich Reichardt (30) and mother of Louise Reichardt (4), dies in Berlin.
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July 23, 1806: Louise Reichardt’s (27) first publication of 12 songs is favorably reviewed in the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung.
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September 7, 1818: Today and tomorrow see a great music festival in Hamburg wherein Handel’s (†59) Messiah and Mozart’s (†26) Requiem are performed. The participating choruses are prepared by Louise Reichardt (39).
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December 17, 1819: Two publications of songs by Louise Reichardt (40) are announced in the Hamburg Wöchentliche Nachricht. One is for 12 songs, the other six songs of Novalis.
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November 17, 1826: Louise Reichardt dies in the Free City of Hamburg, aged 47 years, seven months, and six days.