Background
Reichardt was born in Potsdam, the youngest of the six children of violinist and composer Franz Benda (1709–1786), who was concert master at the court of Frederick II, and his first wife Carolina née Step Hein.
Reichardt was born in Potsdam, the youngest of the six children of violinist and composer Franz Benda (1709–1786), who was concert master at the court of Frederick II, and his first wife Carolina née Step Hein.
She took music lessons from her father and appeared in concerts in Berlin as a singer and pianist. Juliane Reichardt died of puerperal fever in Berlin.