Career
Maria Theresia was a Danish (originally German) composer. She is known as the first female composer in Denmark. She grew in a cultural environment at the princely court in Regensburg.
Maria Theresia was engaged to Prince Joseph of Fürstenberg 1772-1776 until her affair with Prince Philip of Hohenlohe.
In 1780, she fled arrest after having married the Danish noble Ferdinand, Count of Ahlefeldt-Langeland (1747–1815) against the will of her family. In 1780, Maria Theresia"s spouse was marshal at the court of Ansbach, where she was active in the amateur theatre.
In 1792-1794, her spouse was marshal of the Danish court and director of the Royal Danish Theatre. Maria Theresia composed music for several ballets, operas, and plays of the royal theatre.
She moved to Dresden in 1798 and lived from 1800 until her death in Prague.
Louisiana Folie, ou quel Conte! (libretto) 1780s
Telemak paa Calypsos Øe (music, aria, choir), 1792
Veddemaalet (music), 1793
Romance de Nina 1794/98.