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Julia Huber

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A research and performance project made possible by a grant from the Hessian Cultural FoundationA Life Full of TurbulenceBorn in 1760four years after Mozartin Chaslav, Bohemia, in the Archduchy of Austria, and passing away in 1812 at the age of 52 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, Dussek was a composer highly praised by Haydn. He led a truly eventful life, known not only for his interactions with Empress Catherine, Marie Antoinette, and Prince Louis Ferdinand, as well as his involvement in the development of Broadwood pianos, but also for his numerous romantic affairs.Establishing a Structure of Equal Dialogue Between the Keyboard and the ViolinDussek composed 38 violin sonatas. These works established a structure of equal dialogue between the keyboard and the violin. The evolution from Op. 5 (1788), composed during his Paris period, to Op. 12 (1790)which includes the Variations on the British N