Catharina Pratten
Catharina Josepha Pratten (1821–1895) was a German guitar virtuoso, composer and teacher, also known as Madame Sidney Pratten.
She was born Catharina Josepha Pelzer in Mülheim in 1821,[1] the daughter of the German guitarist and music teacher Ferdinand Pelzer.
On 24 September 1854, she married the flautist Robert Sidney Pratten.[1][2]
She is buried at Brompton Cemetery, London.[3]
Her guitar was advertised for sale in The Times in "splendid condition" in 1939.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Madame Sidney Pratten (Catharina Josepha Pratten (née Pelzer)) (1821-1895)". NPG. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ "Pratten, Robert Sidney". DNB. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ↑ "FIFTY NOTABLE PERSONALITIES - The Friends of Brompton Cemetery". brompton-cemetery.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ "Eighty-year-old guitar for sale". Classified Advertising. The Times (48298). London. 6 May 1939. p. 2.
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