Discovering a Lost Composer: Vilma Webenau and Her Music

Authors

Carolyn Dehdari, Brigham Young University
Dr. Harrison Powley, Brigham Young University

Keywords

lost composer, Vilma Webenau, music, Schoenberg

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Music

Abstract

Walking down the streets of Vienna, my eyes pass over new faces and names, wondering if I will ever find something familiar. I think of all those that would be familiar in a different time: Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Schoenberg. But there is one face I am looking for that few others would recognize; it is a woman’s face, a woman who composed, taught music, and worked with Schoenberg. This woman was Vilma Weber von Webenau, who saw many decades of progress and destruction in her life from 1875 to 1953.

Recommended Citation

Dehdari, Carolyn and Powley, Dr. Harrison (2013) "Discovering a Lost Composer: Vilma Webenau and Her Music," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 2282.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2282