Maria Antonia "Marie Antoinette" Petersén

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''Crux'', (1771–1855), was a Swedish musician (

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ist) and singer. She was a member of the

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. Marie Antoinette Petersén was born in Germany, possibly in

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. In 1795, she married the Swedish miniaturist Jacob Axel Gillberg and moved with him to

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. After one and a half year, she was abandoned by Gillberg. She supported herself by keeping a girl's pension and by giving concerts. She was a singer and played the piano, but she was most admired as a violinist. In 1801 and 1802, she performed for

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during his visit to Gothenburg. In 1802, she divorced Gillberg and remarried Johan Andreas Petersén, the son of a rich merchant in Gothenburg. Marie Antoinette Petersén was elected member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music in 1801.

References

* Anna Ivarsdotter Johnsson och Leif Jonsson: ''Musiken i Sverige. Frihetstiden och Gustaviansk tid 1720–1810'' (Music in Sweden. The age of Liberty and the Gustavian age 1720–1810) * Wilhelm Berg: Anteckningar om Göteborgs äldre teatrar / Band 2. 1794–1816 (1896–1900) * Jacob Axel Gillberg, urn:sbl:13067, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Sven Sandström), hämtad 2015-03-07. 1771 births 1855 deaths 18th-century violinists 19th-century classical violinists 18th-century Swedish women singers 19th-century Swedish women singers Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Swedish classical violinists Swedish women violinists Women classical violinists Gustavian era people 18th-century Swedish women musicians 19th-century Swedish women musicians {{violinist-stub