Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von (van) Hagen (1750–1809/10) was a Dutch

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 pianist, music educator and composer who lived and worked in the United States

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. She was born in Amsterdam

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 and married Rotterdam

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 composer, violinist and organist Peter Albrecht von Hagen. In 1774 the couple emigrated to Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

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, South Carolina

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, and had a son

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, Peter Albrecht von Hagen, Jr., in about 1780, followed by a daughter and another son. They moved to New York

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 and to Boston

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 in 1796 where they worked as music teachers, composers, music publishers, performers and concert managers. Elizabeth von Hagen died in Suffolk County

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, Massachusetts

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Works

Von Hagen composed works for piano and was known as a composer and arranger of theatrical music. Clear attribution of works within the Peter Albrecht von Hagen family has not been possible.