Berthilde von Freudenberg
Berthilde Heilwig von Freudenbergerg | |
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 Berthilde Heilwig von Freudenbergerg circa 1775 | |
| Born | 15 November 1720 |
| Died | 3 July 1778 |
| Resting place | St. Hildegard Cemetery, Köln |
| Nationality | Nidwaldeser |
| Known for | One of the greatest Astyrian composers |
Berthilde Heilwig von Freudenbergerg (15 November 1720 – 3 July 1778) known as was a Nidwaldeser writer, composer and pianist. She is remembered as one of the greatest composers of all time, with her works having marked the course of classical music in Lorecia during the 18th century.
Born in 1720 in the city of Köln, Nidwalden, Freudenbergerg's talent and virtuous capacity to write and compose were rapidly seen by her parents, who at an early age, took her to attend piano classes. As an intelectually gifted girl, with 17 years, Freudenbergerg took advantage of the socially progressive Nidwaldeser society, and skipped two years to attend the Hildegard University, where she developed some of her first complete pieces under the tutelage of Egilhard Grosf and Adelheid von Dreierg. During her stay in Hildegard, Freudenbergerg also took several courses about letters and humanities, developing certain attraction to poetry. About her years in the university, few is known and most of it comes from letters that she exchanged with her parents, specially her mother, to which she used to tell about her incursion in the arts and the social circles of the town. With 19 years, before leaving Hildegard, Freudenbergerg published her Opus 1, which rapidly gained the attention of Willem Van Hardenbroek, Noordenstaater aristocrat that courted Berthilde in Koninstad, where she she moved with 19 years.