Villa Teresa is a cultural site in
Coswig in
Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
, Germany. The pianist, singer, conductor and composer
Teresa Carreño
María Teresa Gertrudis de Jesús Carreño García (December 22, 1853June 12, 1917) was a Venezuelan pianist, soprano, composer, and conductor. Over the course of her 54-year concert career, she became an internationally renowned virtuoso piani ...
and her husband, the pianist and composer
Eugen d'Albert
Eugen (originally Eugène) Francis Charles d'Albert (10 April 1864 – 3 March 1932) was a Scottish-born pianist and composer.
Educated in Britain, d'Albert showed early musical talent and, at the age of seventeen, he won a scholarship to stud ...
, lived here from 1891 to 1895. It is now a museum dedicated to the two musicians, with rooms furnished in the style of the period, and with a concert hall for chamber music concerts.
History
The house was built in 1873, in
Neo-Renaissance
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range ...
style. It was the residence of the Prussian field marshal
Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld, before it became in 1891 the home of Teresa Carreño and Eugen d'Albert. They married in 1892; it was the second marriage of Eugen d'Albert, and he was Teresa Carreño's third husband; she brought two children from her earlier marriages.
["Eine Villa für Konzerte, Hochzeiten oder Urlaub: Chronologie zur Villa Teresa"]
''Historisches Coswig''. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
Coswig. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
They lived in the villa until 1895. They divorced, and Carreño continued her career in Berlin; d'Albert became court composer in
Weimar
Weimar is a city in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in Central Germany between Erfurt in the west and Jena in the east, approximately southwest of Leipzig, north of Nuremberg and west of Dresden. Together with the neighbouri ...
. The house was sold in 1896. In 1961 it was acquired by the town of Coswig.
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In 1995 the ''Förderverein Villa Teresa'' ("Association for the promotion of Villa Teresa") was founded. Renovation of the building began in 1999, the façade being restored with the help of old photographs, and was completed in 2002.][
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Description
Rooms are exhibited in a historical setting, with furniture, paintings and other items of the period. There is a museum room dedicated to Teresa Carreño and Eugen d'Albert, and a concert hall seating 100, where chamber music concerts are held.[
In the grounds of the villa are a pond, a Japanese teahouse, and a pavilion where music was composed.][
]
See also
* List of music museums
This worldwide list of music museums encompasses past and present museums that focus on musicians, musical instruments or other musical subjects.
Argentina
* – Mina Clavero
* Academia Nacional del Tango de la República Argentina – Buenos ...
References
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Biographical museums in Germany
Music museums in Germany
Museums in Saxony