Marie Pachler (2 October 1794 – 10 April 1855) was an Austrian

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...

. She was an admirer of

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...

, and a friend of

Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. Despite his short lifetime, Schubert left behind a vast ''oeuvre'', including more than 600 secular vocal wor ...

Biography

Marie Pachler was born as Marie Leopold Koschak on 2 October 1794 in

Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popu ...

, Austria. He father, Aldebrand Koschak was a Slovenian lawyer. Her mother, Therese, came from a business family in Vienna. Her parents encouraged her musical talents, and supported her musical and general education. She took music lessons from Heimrich Gugel and Julius Franz Borgias Schneller. During her childhood she performed at concerts organized by her father, and she also presented her first compositions at the age of nine. In the beginning of her musical career, she faced with financial problems. On 12 May 1816 she married Karl Pachler, who was also a barrister in Graz. In 1817 she met Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer and pianist, who appreciated her musical talent. She also performed along with Franz Schubert, an Austrian composer, in charity concert, which was organized by the ''Graz Music Association''. She died in Graz on 10 April 1855.

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