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Lina Souchon (1837-1899?) Lina Arnold was born in 1837 in Cologne into a world
of music. Her father Friedrich Wilhelm Arnold was a musician, composer and music
publisher. Lina's childhood and youth were shaped by her father's music, his
shop filled with instruments as well as his publishing business. She was
privileged in having Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms as her music teachers
and she was talented in both piano and vocals. She attended chamber music
sessions and concerts, mingled with well-known composers, conductors and
pianists. As a young adult Lina travelled widely throughout
Prussia and Europe and lived for extended periods in Paris, London and
Berlin. In her late twenties, she met the Master Builder Adolf Souchon in
Berlin, the two married in 1867. When Adolf was appointed Royal District
Master Builder in 1874, they moved to Oels in Lower Silesia. In the following
years Lina continued travelling, visiting her family and friends in music.
She maintained a life-long relationship with both Clara Schumann and Johannes
Brahms. Her last years were spent engaged in cultural life
in the surroundings of Breslau. Lina Souchon's only remaining relative, her
niece Lily Schnabel visited her in Oels shortly before Lina died on the cusp
of the 20th century. |
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