Elisabeth von Herzogenberg
Elisabeth von Herzogenberg née Elisabeth von Stockhausen (13 April 1847 – 7 January 1892) was a German pianist, composer, singer and philanthropist.
Elisabeth von Herzogenberg
- Name
- Elisabeth von Herzogenberg
- Born
- 13 April 1847
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Died
- 7 January 1892
- Place of death
- Sanremo
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Elisabeth von Herzogenberg • Born — 13 April 1847 • Birthplace — Paris • Died — 7 January 1892 • Place of death — Sanremo • Occupation — * Composer • philanthropist • pianist • singer • Illustration — Composer Ethel Smyth was her lover
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Elisabeth von Herzogenberg (13 April 1847 – 7 January 1892) was a composer and pianist.
Biography
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Elisabeth von Stockhausen was born in Paris, France in 1847. Her father had served as a Hanoverian ambassador and was a pianist linked to Frédéric Chopin and Charles-Valentin Alkan. Although a Protestant, Elisabeth married the Catholic Heinrich von Herzogenberg. She is known in large part for her association with Johannes Brahms, with whom she studied, and with whom she and her husband corresponded copiously. As an aristocratic musician, she largely did not perform or publish for the public, but did arrange children's folk songs. Her lover, the composer Ethel Smyth, devoted chapter XX of Impressions That Remained: Memoirs to her.
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Elisabeth von Herzogenberg was born in Paris, France, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Elisabeth von Herzogenberg died in San Remo, Italy, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• 24 Volkskinderlieder for voice and piano (1881) • 8 Klavierstücke
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- 1.Peter Clive. Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. 216–218. 2 October 2006. 978-1-4617-2280-9.
- 2.The Online Books Page at UPenn
- 3.Ruth A. Solie. Musicology and Difference: Gender and Sexuality in Music Scholarship. University of California Press. 126–127. 1995. 978-0-520-20146-0.
- 4.Paul Berry. Brahms Among Friends: Listening, Performance, and the Rhetoric of Allusion. OUP USA. 3–6. April 2014. 978-0-19-998264-6.
- 5.Ethel Smyth. Impressions That Remained - Memoirs of Ethel Smyth. Read Books Limited. XIII. 16 April 2013. 978-1-4465-4542-3.
- 6.8 Klavierstücke (Herzogenberg, Elisabeth von) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download. imslp.org.
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