Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen

Who was Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen?

Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen was a Dutch pianist, music educator and composer who lived and worked in the United States. She was born in Amsterdam and married Rotterdam composer, violinist and organist Peter Albrecht von Hagen. In 1774 the couple emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina, and had a son, Peter Albrecht von Hagen, Jr., in about 1780, followed by a daughter and another son. They moved to New York and to Boston in 1796 where they worked as music teachers, composers, music publishers, performers and concert managers. Elizabeth von Hagen died in Suffolk County, Massachusetts.