Juliane Reichardt

Who was Juliane Reichardt?

Juliane Reichardt was a Bohemian pianist, singer and composer.

Reichardt was born in Potsdam, the youngest of the six children of violinist and composer Franz Benda, who was concert master at the court of Frederick II, and his first wife Carolina née Step Hein. She took music lessons from her father and appeared in concerts in Berlin as a singer and pianist. She married writer and composer Johann Friedrich Reichardt in 1776 and had a three children, the second of which was Louise Reichardt. Juliane Reichardt died of puerperal fever in Berlin.