first volume of Schurz's autobiography has many recollections of Johanna Kinkel, especially for the years 1848–1852 when he was most closely associated with the family. Johanna added depth to his knowledge of the piano and its repertoire, particularly Beethoven and Chopin. Further reading A more comprehensive biography External links 1810 births 1858 deaths 19th-century German composers 19th-century German writers 19th-century German women writers German-American Forty-Eighters German autobiographers German women composers German revolutionaries German salon-holders Musicians from Bonn People from the Rhine Province People of the Revolutions of 1848 Women autobiographers Burials at Brookwood Cemetery 19th-century women composers Writers from Bonn