Henriette von Pereira-Arnstein (29 November 1780 – 13 May 1859) was an Austrian pianist and

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Life

Henriette von Pereira-Arnstein was born in

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in 1780, daughter of the Viennese banker Nathan von Arnstein and his wife

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, who maintained an upper-class salon in

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frequented by artists, musicians, diplomats and politicians.Arnstein, Familie"
''Oesterreiches Musiklexikon Online''. Retrieved 3 March 2021."Pereira-Arnstein, Henriette (Judith) Freifrau von; geb. Freiin von Arnstein (1780-1859), Mäzenatin"
''Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon''. Retrieved 3 March 2021. Henriette was educated at her parents' home, and she studied the piano with

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and Johann Andreas Streicher. She married in 1802 the banker Heinrich Freiherr von Pereira (1773–1835); they had three sons and a daughter."Pereira, Pereira-Arnstein, Henriette, Henrietta (Jette) (Judith) Freiin von, geb. von Arnstein"
Sophie Drinker Institut. Retrieved 3 March 2021. After the death of her mother in 1818, she continued her mother's salons, but on a smaller scale and less formally. They took place on Fridays and there were musical performances, including herself as pianist. Her guests included musicians

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and Franz Liszt; and poets

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, Theodor Körner and

Clemens Brentano Clemens Wenzeslaus Brentano (also Klemens; pseudonym: Clemens Maria Brentano ; ; 9 September 1778 – 28 July 1842) was a German poet and novelist, and a major figure of German Romanticism. He was the uncle, via his brother Christian, of Franz ...

. She had a strong friendship with Theodor Körner, and his song cycle ''Leier und Schwert'' ("Lyre and Sword") was written for her. Like her mother, she was involved in many charities; she was director of the Marienspital in Baden bei Wien. She died in Vienna in 1859.

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