Antegnati-Orgel (1636?) der Kirche S. Carlo in Brescia (via Hauptwerk) | English below! Maria Teresa Agnesi wuchs, als drittes von einundzwanzig Kindern, in einer durch den Seidenhandel reich gewordenen Familie in Mailand auf. Großvater mütterlicherseits war der Mailänder Komponist Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio (1699-1758). Wie dieser war Maria Teresa vor allem auch ihrer Opern wegen berühmt (daher ihr Porträt im Museo Teatrale alla Scala, dem Museum des Mailänder Opernhauses La Scala), beide hinterließen aber ebenso Instrumentalmusik. Nachdem Vater Pietro gestorben war, heiratete Maria Teresa 1752 Pietro Antonio Pinottini (1723-92). Der Vater hatte die Zustimmung zu dieser Ehe verweigert, die vom unsoliden Finanzgebaren des Gatten überschattet wurde. Sein Tod ließ Maria Teresa verarmt zurück, so daß sie auf Unterstützung ihrer Geschwister angewiesen war. Die älteste Schwester Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-99) war als Mathematikerin so berühmt, daß Papst Benedikt XIV. sie 1750 auf einen Lehrstuhl an der Universität Bologna (damals im Kirchenstaat) berief; sie blieb indes in Mailand. Nach Maria Gaetana benannt sind die Versiera der Agnesi (eine aus der Kreisform abgeleitete algebraische Kurve dritter Ordnung) sowie ein Krater auf der Venus und ein Asteroid.
The third of twenty-one children, Maria Teresa Agnesi grew up in a wealthy Milan household invested in the silk trade. Her maternal grandfather was Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio (1699-1758), in his time a noted composer in Milan. Like him Maria Teresa gained fame in particular through her operas (hence her portrait in the Museo Teatrale alla Scala, the museum attached to the Milan opera house, La Scala). But both also left instrumental music. After the death of her father Pietro, Maria Teresa in 1752 married Pietro Antonio Pinottini (1723-92). Her father had opposed the marriage, which was overshadowed by Pietro Antonio's financial irresponsibility. His death left Maria Teresa a pauper, dependent on support by her siblings. Her eldest sister Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-99) was a mathematician, so famous that in 1750 Pope Benedict XIV offered her a professorship at Bologna University (then part of the papal dominions); but Maria Gaetana stayed in Milan. The "witch of Agnesi" is named after her (in case you are not a mathematician: the odd designation refers to a "cubic plane curve defined from two diametrically opposite points of a circle"), as are a crater on Venus and an asteroid.
The third of twenty-one children, Maria Teresa Agnesi grew up in a wealthy Milan household invested in the silk trade. Her maternal grandfather was Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio (1699-1758), in his time a noted composer in Milan. Like him Maria Teresa gained fame in particular through her operas (hence her portrait in the Museo Teatrale alla Scala, the museum attached to the Milan opera house, La Scala). But both also left instrumental music. After the death of her father Pietro, Maria Teresa in 1752 married Pietro Antonio Pinottini (1723-92). Her father had opposed the marriage, which was overshadowed by Pietro Antonio's financial irresponsibility. His death left Maria Teresa a pauper, dependent on support by her siblings. Her eldest sister Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-99) was a mathematician, so famous that in 1750 Pope Benedict XIV offered her a professorship at Bologna University (then part of the papal dominions); but Maria Gaetana stayed in Milan. The "witch of Agnesi" is named after her (in case you are not a mathematician: the odd designation refers to a "cubic plane curve defined from two diametrically opposite points of a circle"), as are a crater on Venus and an asteroid.
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