Johann Baptist Streicher (3 January 1796 in

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– 28 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian

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maker that comes from a dynasty piano builders. The tradition began with Johann Streicher's grandfather,

Johann Andreas Stein Johann (Georg) Andreas Stein (16 May 1728 in Heidelsheim – 29 February 1792 in Augsburg) was an outstanding German maker of keyboard instruments, a central figure in the history of the piano. He was primarily responsible for the design of the ...

, who was a central figure in the history of the

. No less remarkable of figures in this dynasty, though, were his parents.

Nannette Streicher Nannette Streicher (née Anna-Maria Stein; 2 January 1769, Augsburg – 16 January 1833, Vienna) was a German piano maker, composer, music educator, writer and a close friend of Ludwig van Beethoven. Life Nannette Streicher was the sixth child ...

, his mother, assumed charge of her father's business in 1792 and set up a piano making company in Vienna. Initially, she was working together with her husband Andreas Streicher and her 16-year-old younger brother Matthias Andreas Stein (1776-1842) under the business name Geschwister Stein. After 10 years, the siblings decided to part ways, and Nannette Streicher continued building pianos under her own name (Nannette Streicher née Stein). She was also one of the closest friends of

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 classical ...

and even agreed in August 1817 to help her friend by managing his chaotic household, while the composer was going through one of the many crises that marked his life.

Life

''Johann Baptist Streicher'' learned the piano making craft from his parents and became a partner in the business in 1823. After the death of his parents, he was the sole owner of the company. Among his pupils was the German piano maker known by the name .

Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

, a fond owner of a Streicher piano and famous composer, once said in his letter to a German pianist

Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Schumann (; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German pianist, composer, and piano teacher. Regarded as one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era, she exerted her influence over the course of a ...

that ''"There

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I always know exactly what I write and why I write one way or another”.'' Streicher's son, Emil, sold the family business in 1896 to the because grandson had aspirations as a composer and no interest in continuing the franchise. In 1893, one of the streets in Vienna Landstrasse (3rd district) was named after Streicher - the Streichergasse. He was buried in his father's grave of honor (German: Ehrengrab) in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 32A, number 30). The first modern copy was built in 2014 after J.Streicher 1868 piano that Johannes Brahms received as a gift in 1870 and kept in his house until death.

Family

Johann Baptist Streicher was first married to Auguste (born André), who died on July 1, 1847 at the age of 45. They had a son, Emil Streicher (born April 24, 1836 in Vienna, died January 9, 1916 in Vienna). Emil joined his father's company in 1857 and ran it alone after his death. On January 7, 1849 Johann Baptist Streicher married a pianist . Their daughter Carolin Johanna was born on October 25, 1849.Uta Goebl-Streicher (2009), S. 19.

Recordings made with originals and replicas of Streicher pianos

* Boyd McDonald. Johannes Brahms. The piano Miniatures. Played on the 1851 Streicher piano * Hardy Rittner. Johannes Brahms. Complete Piano Music. Played on the 1846 Bosendorfer, 1856 and the 1868 Streicher pianos * Alexandre Oguey, Neal Peres De Costa. Pastoral Fables. Works for cor anglais and pianos. Played on a replica of a Streicher instrument (by Paul McNulty)

References

Bibliography

Felix Czeike Felix Czeike (21 August 1926 – 23 April 2006) was an Austrian historian and popular educator. He was an author and partly also editor of numerous publications on the history of Vienna and was the director of the . His main work is the six-volume ...

. ''Historisches Lexikon Wien''. Volume 5. , Vienna 1997, ,

External links

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Johann Baptist Streicher und Sohn Grand Piano (Vienna, 1863)
Andrzej Szwalbe Collection, Ostromecko Palace near Bydgoszcz, Poland
Streicher, Familie

Wien Geschichte wiki, Johann Baptist Streicher

* ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_IMb5dgVE&ab_channel=sydneycon Streicher Piano Strikes an Historic Chord for the Conservatorium
The first in the world copy of Streicher piano
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