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...
View MoreKaroline 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...
View MoreLuise 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...
View MoreAnnette 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...
View MoreSibylla 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...
View MoreAmelie 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...
View MoreElisabeth 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...
View MoreLena 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...
View MoreLuise 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...
View MoreClara 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...
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