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. She was the daughter of F. J. Braunhofer, organist at Mondsee. She trained as a singer in

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(1761–64) at the expense of Archbishop

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and was employed at the

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court. She created the part of ''Die göttliche Gerechtigkeit'' (Divine Justice) in Mozart's '' Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots'' and was ''Giacinta'' in '' La finta semplice''.

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