Pachler-Koschak, Marie (1792–1855)

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Pachler-Koschak, Marie (1792–1855)

Austrian pianist who was one of Beethoven's favorite performers. Born in Graz, capital of the Austrian province of Styria, on October 2, 1792; died in Graz on April 10, 1855.

Marie Pachler-Koschak had a distinguished career. In 1817, in one of the rare letters in which he praises a performing musician, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote Pachler-Koschak: "I have not found anybody who performs my compositions as you do, and I am not excluding the great pianists, who often have merely mechanical ability or affectation. You are the true fosterer of my spiritual children."

John Haag , Athens, Georgia

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