schroeter

Updated: May 13, 2025

After the death of her husband, she persuaded Haydn to sign a promise to marry her if his wife should die, but the composer afterward repudiated the agreement, very likely not wishing to repeat his first matrimonial blunder. Another romance is found in the love-letters sent to the composer by a charming London widow named Schroeter.

Arthur Elson - Woman's Work in Music