Anna Sick

Anna (or Anne) Laura Mahir Sick (10 July 1803 – 19 February 1895)^[1]^{[note 1]} was a German composer^[3] and pianist^[4] who served as the court pianist and Mistress of Piano to the court in Stuttgart.^[5]^[6]

Sick was born in Munich. She studied in Salzburg with Maria Anna Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's older sister. Her first performance was in Vienna in 1825, which was successful. She then studied under Carl Czerny, Josef Foerster, and Johann Aloys Miksch. In 1827, she toured across Germany, particularly in Augsburg, Munich, and Frankfurt. After 1827, she became a court pianist in Stuttgart, where she met and married the court assessor, M. Sick, in 1834. She also became a teacher.^[7] From then on, she stopped giving public performances, however she still performed privately.^[8] She was considered an excellent performer of Mozart, and on 1 October 1871, the Monthly Musical Record said that she was the “only distinguished player in Munich.” She died in Berlin.^[1]^[5]^[9]^[10]

Piano

Pastoral^[5]
Three Variations^[5]
Pianoforte Pieces^[11]

Vocal

songs/lieder^[12]^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan.
^ David Baptie (1897). Musicians of All Times (2 ed.). London: J. Curwen & Sons. p. 135.
^ The Musician. Hatch Music Company. 1897.
^ Phillips, Lawrence B. (1871). The Dictionary of Biographical Reference Containing One Hundred Thousand Names Together with a Classed Index of the Biographical Literature of Europe and America. Sampon Low.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
^ Dr. Gustav Klemm (1859). Die Frau (in German). Dresden. p. 135. Anna Laura Mahir , später Frau Sid , geb. 1803 zu München , Schülerin von Mozart's Schwester in Salzburg , erregte zuerst 1825 in Wien großes Aufsehen , trat im nächsten Jahre in Augsburg und München auf , spielte 1827 in Frankfurt a. M. und ging dann als Hofpianistin nach Stuttgart, wo sie heiratete. Seitdem trat sie nicht mehr öffentlich auf, war aber bis 1834 Lehrerin der Bringeffinen. (trans. via Google Translate: "Anna Laura Mahir, later Mrs. Sid, born in Munich in 1803, was a pupil of Mozart's sister in Salzburg, first caused a stir in Vienna in 1825, performed in Augsburg and Munich in the next few years, played in Frankfurt a. M. and then went to Stuttgart as court pianist, where she married. Since then she has not appeared in public, but was the teacher of the Bringeffins until 1834."){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Hermann Mendel; August Reissmann (1877–1878). Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 9. Berlin: Robert Oppenhim. p. 249.
^ The Monthly Musical Record. Vol. 1. London: Augner and Co. 1 October 1871. p. 131.
^ August Schmidt (1842). Allgemeine Wiener Musik-Zeitung (in German). Vienna: Zweiter Jahrgang. p. 344. 1803 wurde zu München Mad. Anna Laura Mahir , verehelichte Sid, geboren. Des großen Mozart's Schwester zu Salzburg war ihre erfte Lehrerinn im Clavierspiele und C. Czerny bildete fie zu Vien weiter aus. Sie zeichnete fich befondere im Bortrage Mozarticher Klavierkomposition aus. (trans. via Google Translate: "[Madame.] Anna Laura Mahir, married Sid, was born in Munich in 1803. The great Mozart's sister in Salzburg was her first teacher in piano playing, and C. Czerny trained her further in Vienna. She distinguished herself particularly in performing Mozartian piano compositions.")
^ Stephen S. Stratton (27 May 1883). G. A. Osborne (ed.). Proceedings of the Musical Association – Woman in relation to Musical Art. Vol. 9. London: Novello, Ewer and Co. p. 145.
^ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900. R. Rosen Press. OCLC 770809290.
^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.

Notes

^ The date may be inaccurate as from an 1897 book, a short biography was given where she was marked alive, however it mentions Ferdinand Sieber [ru] whose name is 3 below, it says that Sieber died at the exact same place and time as what is written in this article here. While it is still possible, it is highly unlikely, thus the reference for her date of death may have made the mistake of confusing the two.^[2]

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[:0-1] Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan.

[2] David Baptie (1897). Musicians of All Times (2 ed.). London: J. Curwen & Sons. p. 135.

[4] The Musician. Hatch Music Company. 1897.

[5] Phillips, Lawrence B. (1871). The Dictionary of Biographical Reference Containing One Hundred Thousand Names Together with a Classed Index of the Biographical Literature of Europe and America. Sampon Low.

[:1-6] Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.

[7] Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.

[Klemm1859-8] Dr. Gustav Klemm (1859). Die Frau (in German). Dresden. p. 135. Anna Laura Mahir , später Frau Sid , geb. 1803 zu München , Schülerin von Mozart's Schwester in Salzburg , erregte zuerst 1825 in Wien großes Aufsehen , trat im nächsten Jahre in Augsburg und München auf , spielte 1827 in Frankfurt a. M. und ging dann als Hofpianistin nach Stuttgart, wo sie heiratete. Seitdem trat sie nicht mehr öffentlich auf, war aber bis 1834 Lehrerin der Bringeffinen. (trans. via Google Translate: "Anna Laura Mahir, later Mrs. Sid, born in Munich in 1803, was a pupil of Mozart's sister in Salzburg, first caused a stir in Vienna in 1825, performed in Augsburg and Munich in the next few years, played in Frankfurt a. M. and then went to Stuttgart as court pianist, where she married. Since then she has not appeared in public, but was the teacher of the Bringeffins until 1834."){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[9] Hermann Mendel; August Reissmann (1877–1878). Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon (in German). Vol. 9. Berlin: Robert Oppenhim. p. 249.

[10] The Monthly Musical Record. Vol. 1. London: Augner and Co. 1 October 1871. p. 131.

[11] August Schmidt (1842). Allgemeine Wiener Musik-Zeitung (in German). Vienna: Zweiter Jahrgang. p. 344. 1803 wurde zu München Mad. Anna Laura Mahir , verehelichte Sid, geboren. Des großen Mozart's Schwester zu Salzburg war ihre erfte Lehrerinn im Clavierspiele und C. Czerny bildete fie zu Vien weiter aus. Sie zeichnete fich befondere im Bortrage Mozarticher Klavierkomposition aus. (trans. via Google Translate: "[Madame.] Anna Laura Mahir, married Sid, was born in Munich in 1803. The great Mozart's sister in Salzburg was her first teacher in piano playing, and C. Czerny trained her further in Vienna. She distinguished herself particularly in performing Mozartian piano compositions.")

[12] Stephen S. Stratton (27 May 1883). G. A. Osborne (ed.). Proceedings of the Musical Association – Woman in relation to Musical Art. Vol. 9. London: Novello, Ewer and Co. p. 145.

[13] Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900. R. Rosen Press. OCLC 770809290.

[14] Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.

[3] The date may be inaccurate as from an 1897 book, a short biography was given where she was marked alive, however it mentions Ferdinand Sieber [ru] whose name is 3 below, it says that Sieber died at the exact same place and time as what is written in this article here. While it is still possible, it is highly unlikely, thus the reference for her date of death may have made the mistake of confusing the two.^[2]

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