FROBENIA, Maria Anna

Maria Anna Frobenia was a German composer, pianist, singer, and violinist active during the late Classical and early Romantic musical eras. Historical records of her work are largely preserved via the RISM Catalog (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales), an international database dedicated to documenting rare, historical musical manuscripts and prints. Her entry under German authority files (GND: 132484080) catalogs her historical footprint. Like many women musicians and composers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, much of Frobenia's musical output was restricted by the social expectations of her era. Consequently, her surviving catalog is rare, and she is primarily researched by musicologists specializing in uncovering early women instrumentalists and composers.