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Dulcken, Dulken (Marie) Louise, Luise, Louisa, Marie-Louise, Marie-Luise, born. David
* March 29, 1811 in Hamburg, † Apr. 12, 1850 in London, pianist. Her father was a wealthy Hamburg merchant. She was the sister of the violinist and composer Ferdinand David (1810-1873). Louise Dulcken received piano lessons from Christian Schwencke (1766/67-1822) and Friedrich Wilhelm Grund (1791-1874). She gave her first public performance at the age of ten. She was soon celebrated as a 'child prodigy'. In 1822, at the age of eleven, she played Hummel's Concerto in A minor in Hamburg and caused a sensation. In 1826 and 1827, she went on concert tours with her brother and performed in Copenhagen, Leipzig, Dresden and Berlin, among other places. In 1828, she married Theobald Dulcken (1800-1882), the son of the pianist Sophie, born Lebrun. Shortly afterwards - in 1829 - she moved to London, where she was introduced as an important pianist by Ignaz Moscheles, who was based there at the time. In the years that followed, she achieved considerable success in England. Among other things, she worked as a pianist for the Duchess of Kent, and between 1830 and 1849 Louise Dulcken appeared ten times as a soloist in the Philharmonic Society: “We believe [she] was the first lady-pianist who ever played at the Philharmonic concerts”, according to an obituary (The Times 15 Apr. 1850).

Among her pupils was Queen Victoria, who appointed her court pianist in 1837, and Ignaz Moscheles was a good friend of hers. On Dec. 31, 1845, Louise Dulcken wrote him a letter from London in which she invited him to attend one of her concerts and play four-hands with her. On the back of the letter is Moscheles' reply, which he declined because he had not yet fixed his concert dates, “although it is always a pleasure for me to hear one of my compositions performed by your wonderful hands”. He also wrote that he wanted to premiere his new sonata with Louise Dulcken in public. In 1846, she played the premiere of his Concerto in D minor at the Leipzig Gewandhaus under Mendelssohn. For a performance of the work with the Dublin Philharmonic a year later, he wrote a cadenza for Louise Dulcken. Jacobs refutes the statement in the magazine “The Musical World” of 1872 that Louise Dulcken traveled through the German-speaking world in 1846 together with the guitarist and concertina player Giulio Regondi.
Louise Dulcken had six children, including the pianists Ferdinand Quentin Dulcken (1835-1901) and Edward Dulcken (1838-1855), who later studied at the conservatory in Leipzig.

• Johannes Daniël Dulcken (21 april 1706 – Antwerpen 11 april 1757) x Susanna Maria Knopffllin
• Johannes Lodewijk (Louis)Dulcken I (1735 - † tussen 1793 en 1795 München) x Catharina Koning
• Johannes Lodewijk (Louis) Dulcken II (1761 - † München 1836) [brother Johannes Dulcken ( 26 December 1768 - †?)] Louis Dulcken x Sophie Le Brün

Brün, (Sophie Le), the daughter of the famous Bavarian court musician Ludwig August Le Brün, and the great singer Franziska Le Brün, née Danzi, was born in London on 20 July 1781, learnt the basics of music in Munich with Knechtl, the piano with Streicher, and the basso continuo with Schlett, and married the royal Bavarian mechanical piano maker Johann Ludwig Dülken in Munich on 18 April 1799. She is a true artist on the piano in every respect, and plays this instrument with spiritual expression, true feeling and extraordinary skill. When she travelled to Paris, Switzerland and Italy, her excellent playing enchanted every listener, and connoisseurs and artists conceded her the first rank in this art. In addition to this, she sings very well, has a deep insight into the essentials of music, combines her great practical musical knowledge with theoretical knowledge to the same degree, and has a thorough understanding of composition. She has composed several concertos, sonatas and the like for the piano; it is a pity that they have not become generally known through engraving or printing. On 25 June 1831 Louis Dulcken relinquished his post as royal keyboard instrument maker; he died five years later. In his will Dulcken named as heirs his wife Sophie Lebrun (b London, 20 June 1781–d Munich, 23 July 1863), his sons Theobald and Heinrich, his married daughters Louise and Franziska Bohrer, and his then unmarried daughters Violande, Johanna, and Caroline Dulcken. Theobald as business manager and Heinrich as builder apparently completed their father’s commitments after his death but soon closed the shop. Both sons eventually moved to London where Theobald became a wool merchant and Heinrich an organist. Louise and Franziska had married the brothers Max and Anton Bohrer; Louise became court pianist in Stuttgart. Violande became a concert singer in Munich. Dulcken's son Theobald became Louis partner about 1816, and the business continued until 1831, when Louis Dulcken retired.

Théobald Dulcken 1800-1882 Married in 1828, Munich, Bavière, Allemagne, to Louise Marie David 1811-1850
Heinrich Dulcken, organist, 1801 Married to Auguste Burghaagen
Louise Sophie Dulcken 1803-1857 Married to Maximilian Caspar Anton Bohrer 1785-1867
Franziska Dulcken 1805-1873 Married to Joseph Anton Bohrer 1783-1863
Violanda Dulcken, prix du Conservatoire de Paris 1810-1863/ Married 18 April 1837 (Tuesday), Munich, Bavière, Allemagne, to Jean François Adolphe Bouvier 1802-1862

Ferdinand Quentin Dulcken (1837–1901)
Sophie (Louise Auguste) Dulcken 6 March 1835 in London, † 15 July 1923 in Dinard (Brittany), pianist
(Sarah) Isabella (Auguste) Dulcken, Dulken, married name Braun