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Catharina Josepha Pratten (15 November 1824 – 10 October 1895) was a German guitar virtuoso, composer and teacher, also known as Madame Sidney Pratten.

1869 portrait of Catharina Pratten
1869 portrait of Catharina Pratten
Tim Beatty performs Pratten's Malbrook Fantasy on her own instrument in 2021

She was born Catharina Josepha Pelzer in Mülheim on the 15 November 1824,[1] the daughter of the German guitarist and music teacher Ferdinand Pelzer.

On 24 September 1854, she married the flautist Robert Sidney Pratten.[2][3]

She died on 10 October 1895. She is buried at Brompton Cemetery, London.[4]

Her guitar was advertised for sale in The Times in "splendid condition" in 1939.[5]


References


  1. see Nicoletta Confalone in "il Fronimo" n.181, Jan. 2018, who at p.21, note 3. refers about the discovery by Ulrich Wedemeier of the birth certificate
  2. "Madame Sidney Pratten (Catharina Josepha Pratten (née Pelzer)) (1821-1895)". NPG. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  3. "Pratten, Robert Sidney". DNB. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  4. "FIFTY NOTABLE PERSONALITIES - The Friends of Brompton Cemetery". brompton-cemetery.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  5. "Eighty-year-old guitar for sale". Classified Advertising. The Times. No. 48298. London. 6 May 1939. p. 2. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)



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