Marianne Antonia Kirchgessner, also Mariana Kirchgessner, Kirchgäßner,, was a German glass harmonica player. She was blind from eye disease caused by smallpox when she was four years old.
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Marianne Antonia Kirchgessner, also Mariana Kirchgessner, Kirchgäßner,, was a German glass harmonica player. She was blind from eye disease caused by smallpox when she was four years old. Kirchgessner's artistic qualities brought her the attention of great composers such as Muzio Clementi, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Johann Friedrich Reichardt and Franz Anton Hoffmeister.
Country
GermanyCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1769 to 1808 · aged 39
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