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Anna Louisa Karsch, 1722-1791

Anna Louisa Karsch—known to her contemporaries as “Die Karschin” —was born on the first of December, 1722 in the province of Silesia. Her father, a beer-brewer, and her mother ran a wayside inn. When Karsch was about six years old, her...

Karoline von Günderode

Karoline von Günderode was born in Karlsruhe on February 11, 1780. She was a German Romantic poet. Günderode came from a well-educated, but poor family where she was the oldest of six children. At the age of 17 she went to Frankfurt to...

Luise Greger, 1862-1944

Luise Sumpf Greger was born in 1862 in Greifswald, Germany. Her father owned a brewery, and was a senator in the free city of Greifswald. Luise Greger began piano lessons at age 5 and became a child prodigy. She played for the Czar’s...

Annette von Droste-Hülshof, 1797-1848

Born January 10, 1797 (some records indicate January 12, 1797), in Westphalia, Germany, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff was the second of four children born to an aristocratic family of Roman Catholics. Droste-Hülshoff was educated privately...

Sibylla Schwarz

Sibylla Schwarz stammte aus einer angesehenen Familie in Greifswald (Pommern). Als sie mit siebzehn Jahren starb, hinterließ sie ein umfangreiches Werk, deutlich geprägt vom Kriegsgeschehen, das ihr kurzes Leben vom ersten bis zum letzten...

Amelie Nickisch

Amélie Heussner Nikisch (geborene Amélie Heussner) (* 28. Dezember 1862 in Brüssel; 18. Januar 1938 in Berlin) war eine belgische Schauspielerin, Sopranistin und Komponistin. Amélie Heussner arbeitete zunächst als Soubrette an Theatern in...

Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Calenberg

Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Calenberg was a princess born on April 8, 1526 in Nienover. She was the oldest child of Duke Eric I of Brunswick-Calenberg and Elizabeth, daughter of elector Joachim I of Brandenburg. She married Count Georg...

Lena Stein-Schneider, 1874-1958

Lena Stein-Schneider (Helene Meyerstein) was a German composer, song and operetta lyricist, and pianist born on January 5, 1874 in Leipzig. She studied piano and vocals at the Leipzig Conservatory. She married a Berlin merchant named...

Luise Adolpha Le Beau, 1850-1927

Luise was a German composer of classical music. She was the only daughter of an officer, William Le Beau and his wife Caroline (née Barack). After the retirement of her father from the position of major general in the army of Baden in...

Clara Wieck Schumann, 1819-1896

Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era. She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital and...