Marianna Martines belongs to the musical record as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Marianna Martines as Austrian singer, pianist and composer.
Marianna Martines was born at Vienna in 1744. Her recorded nationality is Austria.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
She worked as composer, singer and musicologist.
The instruments recorded are piano and voice.
Music outlives its context more reliably than any other art, and usually for reasons its makers did not predict.
That the work came out of Austria shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Marianna Martines died in 1812, aged 68. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: piano and voice
