Beer, Amalie |
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BORN 10 Feb 1767, Berlin - DIED 27 Jun 1854, Berlin BIRTH NAME Wulff, Esther Jehuda GRAVE LOCATION Berlin: Jüdischer Friedhof in Prenzlauer Berg, Schönhauser Allee 23-25 (Feld W1 (Ehrengrab)) |
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Amalia Wulff was born in Berlin as the daughter of the Prussian court factor Liepmann Meyer Wulff (1745-1812) and his wife Esther, born Bamberger (1740-1822). In 1788 she married the Jewish sugar merchant Jacob Herz Beer (1769-1825). One of their four children was the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. Amalie never converted to Christianity. Amalie was known for her literary and musical salon. She was friendly with king Friedrich Wilhelm IV and his brother Wilhelm, the future emperor Wilhelm I. Her salon was visited by Karoline Bauer, Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, August Wilhelm Iffland, Franz Liszt, Ignaz Moscheles, Hedwig von Olfers, Niccolò Paganini, Gottfried Schadow, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Henriette Sontag, Louis Spohr, Carl Maria von Weber and many others. Family • Son: Meyerbeer, Giacomo • Son: Beer, Wilhelm Related persons • was visited by Hummel, Johann Nepomuk • was visited by Iffland, August Wilhelm • was visited by Liszt, Franz • was visited by Paganini, Niccolò • was visited by Schadow, Johann Gottfried • was visited by Schröder-Devrient, Wilhelmine • was visited by Spohr, Louis • was visited by Weber, Carl Maria von • was a friend of Wilhelm I, emperor of Germany |
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 The grave of Giacomo Meyerbeer at the Jewish Cemetery, Schönhauser Allee, Berlin. Picture by Androom (22 Jan 2004) |
 The grave of Amalie Beer at the Jüdischer Friedhof in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. Picture by Androom (11 Aug 2020) |
Sources • Amalie Beer – Wikipedia |
