Johanna Maria Bätz

{{Infobox person

| name = Johanna Maria Bätz (née Liepoldes)

| occupation = Organ Builder

| spouse = Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz (m. 1750)

| children = 2

}}

Johanna Maria Bätz (née Liepoldes) was a Dutch organ builder and harpsichord maker, active in the mid 18th century.

Life

Bätz was the wife of Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz.{{Cite web |title=Boalch Instrument Maker Profile for Johanna Maria Bätz |url=https://boalch.org/instruments/makerprofile/2442 |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=boalch.org}} They were married on 17 January 1750, in Utrecht, Netherlands.

After the death of her husband in 1770, Bätz announced that she would ensure that his company continued making and repairing organs and harpsichords.{{Cite journal |last=Gierveld |first=Arend Jan |date=1981 |title=The Harpsichord and Clavichord in the Dutch Republic |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/938647 |journal=Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=117–166 |doi=10.2307/938647 |jstor=938647 |issn=0042-3874|url-access=subscription }} Her role in the business remains uncertain.{{Cite book |last=Libin |first=Laurence |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199743391.001.0001/acref-9780199743391 |title=The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments |date=2014-01-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-974339-1 |doi=10.1093/acref/9780199743391.001.0001}}

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