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Catharina Pratten

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Died
  
1895

Genre
  
Classical

Catharina Josepha Pratten (1821–1895) was a German guitar virtuoso, composer and teacher, also known as Madame Sidney Pratten.

She was born Catharina Josepha Pelzer in Mülheim in 1821, the daughter of the German guitarist and music teacher Ferdinand Pelzer.

On 24 September 1854, she married the flautist Robert Sidney Pratten.

She is buried at Brompton Cemetery, London.

Her guitar was advertised for sale in The Times in "splendid condition" in 1939.

References

Catharina Pratten Wikipedia