Sophia Dussek

Sophia Giustina Dussek née Corri, later Moralt (b. Edinburgh, 1 May 1775; d. London, ca. 1831 [The date of 1847 usually given as her death date is actually that of her second husband's death. No death certificate for Sophia is extant, whereas there is a certificate from 1847 for J. Moralt.] ) was a Scottish singer, pianist, harpist, and composer of Italian descent. She was the daughter of Domenico Corri with whom she had voice lessons. In 1792, she married the composer Jan Ladislav Dussek. Only in the 20th century have her works appeared under her first husband's name, as the earlest edirions of the opus 2 sonatas (1796), appeared in the Corri-Dussek edition as by Madame Dussek. A later Paris edition appeared only under the name of 'Dussek', and it was this edition used as a source for the 1953 Schott edition of the sonata in C minor that was misattributed by Nicanor Zabaleta. Following Jan's death in 1812, Sophia married the violist John Alvis Moralt. The couple lived in Paddington, where she founded a music school.

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* [http://eamusic.dartmouth.edu/~wowem/noboys/sophia.html Biography by Suzanne Moulton Gertig]