Catharina Pratten, commonly known as Madame Sidney Pratten, was a 19th-century German guitarist and composer based in London.
Catharina Josepha Pratten (15 November 1824 – 10 October 1895) was a German guitar virtuoso, composer and teacher, also known as Madame Sidney Pratten.
She was born Catharina Josepha Pelzer in Mülheim on the 15 November 1824, the daughter of the German guitarist and music teacher Ferdinand Pelzer.
On 24 September 1854, she married the flautist Robert Sidney Pratten. She died on 10 October 1895. She is buried at Brompton Cemetery, London. Her guitar was advertised for sale in The Times in "splendid condition" in 1939.
This biography is adapted from Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia
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