Helene Liebmann
Hélène Liebmann née Riese (16 December 1795 – 2 December 1869) was a German pianist and composer. She was born in Berlin and studied music with Franz Lauska and Ferdinand Ries. A child prodigy, she made her debut before age 13 and published her Piano Sonata when she was 15.
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Helene Liebmann
- Full name
- Helene Riese.
- Born
- 1795. · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- composer, pianist and singer.
- Teachers
- Ferdinand Ries and Franz Lauska.
- Languages
- German.
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She married around 1814 and may have moved with her husband to Vienna and then London. She was present at a Clara Wieck (Schumann) concert in 1835.
Liebmann composed songs, sonatas and piano works. Selected works include: • Grand Quatuor, Op 13 • Grand Sonata, Op 11 (Grande Sonate pour Pianoforte et Violoncelle) • Kennst du das Land? Op 3, setting from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister • Violin Sonata Op 9
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On origins, the institutional record states the following. Recorded at birth as Helene Riese. It is also recorded that helene Liebmann was born in 1795 at Berlin. Institutional cataloguing adds that helene Liebmann died in 1835 at Dresden.
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Berlin.
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- 1.Beerdigte auf dem Annenfriedhofe vom 28. November bis 4. Dezember 1869. In: Kirchliche Wochenzettel Dresden. Nr. 25/1869.
- 2.Reich, Nancy B. Liebmann [née Riese], Helene. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. 2018-01-31. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.2020207.
- 3.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. 1994. 9780393034875.
- 4.Spiegl, Fritz. Lives, wives, and loves of the great composers. 1997.
- 5.Women of Note.
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