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Fanny Hünerwadel (* 26 January 1826 in Lenzburg; † 27 April 1854 in Rome) was a Swiss composer from Lenzburg.

Life

Fanny Hünerwadel was a native of Lenzburg and descended from a long-established family of that town. She was the eldest child of the doctor Johann Friedrich Hünerwadel and Regula Speerli, both of whom were enthusiastic music lovers.
After being taught by her mother, Hünerwadel learned to play the piano in Lenzburg with Philipp Tietz, Joseph Breitenbach and Ludwig Kurz and belonged to the local singing society. From 1846 she studied piano, singing, music theory and composition with Hans Nägeli and with Wagner’s friend Alexander Müller in Zurich. During her time in Zurich she made the acquaintance of Johann W. Kalliwoda, Richard Wagner, Ferdinand Huber, Franz Liszt, Franz Abt, Wilhelm Baumgartner and Henri Vieuxtemps.

From 1849 onwards she made public appearances as a singer and pianist, for example at benefit concerts given by her teacher Müller, at Wagner concerts and at the General Music Society in Zurich. She sang at the inauguration of the new Lenzburg organ in 1851. Also in 1851 she visited Paris and London. In 1852 she played the “Rondo brillant” by Johann Nepomuk Hummel in a subscription concert of the General Music Society of Zurich, from which the present Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich emerged. In 1853 she travelled to Florence and Rome for further training.

In Florence she took singing lessons with Romani. In Rome she was the guest of the artistic families Corrodi and Imhof in 1853 and took lessons with the singing teacher Parisotti. Hünerwadel died of typhoid fever in Rome on 27 April 1854 and was buried there on 30 April. Six of Hünerwadel’s seven surviving piano songs were published posthumously (in 1854).

Her great-nephew was the composer, painter and publicist Peter Mieg (1906-1990).

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