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Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria
German composer, opera singer and librettist (1724-1780)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 18 July 1724, 1724
- Died
- 23 April 1780, 1780
- Place of birth
- Munich
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Sex or gender
- female
- Given name
- Marie
- Mother
- Maria Amalia of Austria
- Child
- Friedrich August I of Saxony, Prince Karl Maximilian of Saxony, Prince Joseph of Saxony, Anton I of Saxony, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Zweibrücken, Prince Maximilian of Saxony, Princess Theresa Maria of Saxony
- Sibling
- Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Theresa Benedicta of Bavaria, Franz Ludwig von Holnstein, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
- Genre
- opera
- Occupation
- composer, opera singer, librettist, painter, writer, harpsichordist, pianist, patron of the arts
- Position held
- regent
- Citizenship
- Electorate of Bavaria, Electorate of Saxony
- Religion
- Catholicism
- archives at
- Saxony State Archives
- artist files at
- Centro di documentazione sulla storia delle donne artiste in Europa dal Medioevo al Novecento
- birth name
- Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa von Bayern
- described by source
- Lexikon deutschsprachiger Epik und Dramatik von Autorinnen 1730–1900, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Dictionary of Women Worldwide, Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century, Dresdner Hefte, 250 female composers
- different from
- Marie Antoinette
- end of work period
- 1780
- family
- House of Wittelsbach
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art, Uffizi Gallery, Bavarian State Painting Collections
- instrument
- harpsichord, voice
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- member of
- Arcadian Academy
- name in native language
- Maria Antonia von Bayern
- place of burial
- Dresden Cathedral
- start of work period
- 1739
- voice type
- soprano
Connected on Wikidata
Creator of
Composer of
Subject of
- Maria Antonia Walpurgis (ADB)
- Maria Antonia of Bavaria, spouse of Elector Frederick Christian of Saxony
- Self-portrait
- Maria Antonia Walpurgis, Hereditary Electress of Saxony, 1724-1780
- Portrait of Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724-1780)
- Sachsens weibliche Seite. Historische Frauenbiografien an Elbe und Mulde
- Female artists at the Royal Saxon Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
- Maria Antonia of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (1724-1780)
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