Elisabeth Wintzer (16 June 1863 – 12 June 1933) was a German composer and writer.

Life

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Wintzer born in Bad Suderode, Germany. She studied music with Carl Reinecke and Salomon Jadassohn in Leipzig, and married the artist Otto Gerlach.[1]

Wintzer led a girls' Pathfinder group (an outdoor group similar to American Girl Scouts) in Munich.[2]

She died in Bremen. After her death, Richard Wintzer (1866–1952; presumably a relative) copyrighted several songs composed by Elisabeth, which were musical settings of poems by Manfred Kyber. N. Simrock published Wintzer's music.

Works

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Book

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  • Prinz Louis Ferdinand von Preussen als Mensch und Musiker (Prince Louis Ferdinand from Prussia as a Person and Musician). Leipzig 1915.[3]

Chamber music

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  • Five Miniatures for the Lute[4]
  • music for flute
  • music for piano
  • music for violin
  • Sternenenglein tanzlied, opus 17 (Little Star Dance Song)[5]

Theatre

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  • Johannisnacht (St. John's night; fairy tale)
  • Maria in Tann (fairy tale)

Vocal

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  • A ls Grossmama ein Maedchen war, opus 10 (When Grandmother was a Girl; duet)
  • Hinterm Gartenzaun, opus 11 (Behind the Garden Fence; duet for women's voices)
  • Klein Maryke, opus 12 (Little Maryke; voice and piano)
  • Maikönigin tanzlied, opus 18 number 2 (May Queen dance song; words by Manfred Kyber, music by Elisabeth Wintzer)
  • Miezekatze tanze, und andere Kinderlieder für die Stössel-Laute (Kitty Dance and Other Children's Songs for the Lute; words by Ernst Hegemann, Manfred Kyber, and J.G. W. Schroder, music by Elisabeth Wintzer; 1928)[6]
  • Ringlied, opus 20 number 3 (Ring Song; words by Manfred Kyber, music by Elisabeth Wintzer)
  • Rosen, opus 20 number 2 (Roses; words by Manfred Kyber, music by Elisabeth Wintzer)
  • Schneeflockenreigen, opus 19 (Snowflakes; words by Manfred Kyber, music by Elisabeth Wintzer)
  • Schnurrkatze, opus 20 number 1 (Mustache; words by Manfred Kyber, music by Elisabeth Wintzer)
  • Tanzleid der Dorfdirnen, opus 15 (Dance of the Village Maidens; duet)

References

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  1. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (2nd ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Bowersox, Jeff (2013). Raising Germans in the age of empire : youth and colonial culture, 1871-1914. Corby: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-163692-9. OCLC 835150343.
  3. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1916). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. ^ Timpe, Carsten (2014). 5 Miniaturen für die Stössel-Laute - in französischer Lautentabulatur und moderner Notation (Gitarre, Klavier). Berlin: epubli GmbH. ISBN 978-3-7375-0123-1. OCLC 890042766.
  5. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1939.
  6. ^ Wintzer, Elisabeth (1928). Miezekatze tanze, und andere Kinderlieder für die Stössel-Laute: Nach Dichtungen von Ernst Hegemann, Manfred Kyber, J. G. W. Schröder, Elisabeth Wintzer (in German). Verl. der Dusyma-Werkstätten, K. Schiffler.