Martines, Marianna 05/04/1744 - 12/13/1812

Born in 1744 Vienna as the daughter of a Spanish diplomat, Maria Anna (Marianna) Martines received comprehensive musical training through Pietro Metastasio. Consequently she created an extensive works comprised of approx. 160 arias, cantatas, masses, an oratory, choral works as well as two piano sonatas.
At the age of 29 she was finally became a member of the established “Academica Filharmonica” in Bologna and of the society of the “Wiener Tonkünstler Societät”.
After the death of her sponsor Metastasio she opened a singing school in Vienna.