Mimi Wagensonner

Maria Wagensonner-Schipper (13 March 1897 – 21 August 1970), best known as "Mimi Wagensonner," was an Austrian composer and poet.^[1]

Wagensonner was born in Aussig an der Elbe in what is now the Czech Republic to Franz Schipper and Maria Stangl Schipper. She had one brother and one sister. The family moved to Vienna during her childhood. She married Josef Wagensonner in 1923. She had one son (Diether) and one stepson (Hermann).^[2]

Wagensonner studied piano with A. Subak and Mannheimer; harmony with Richard Stohr;^[3] and composition with Karl Weigl at the New Vienna Conservatory. She also studied and taught^[4] at the Music Academy in Vienna (today known as the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna).^[2]

Wagensonner set 13 poems by Josef Weinheber to music.^[5] Her other publications included:^[6]^[7]

Music for voice or piano

Adagio
Andante
Before NIght
Singing Sheets for Music Education (1969)

Poetry

Die Katz von Ravenna (The Cat of Ravenna)

References

^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ ^a ^b Korotin, Ilse, ed. (31 December 2016), "W", biografiA, Wien: Böhlau Verlag, doi:10.7767/9783205793489-024, ISBN 978-3-205-79348-9, retrieved 10 January 2021
^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Frauenbiografien, Namensliste Buchstabe W, biografiA - biografische Datenbank und Lexikon österreichischer Frauen, Widerstandskämpferinnen". www.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ Weinheber-Gesellschaft, Josef (1976). Jahresgabe - Josef Weinheber-Gesellschaft (in German). Josef Weinheber-Gesellschaft.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1969). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
^ "Richard Eybner, …". SENF + KREN (in German). 26 March 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

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[1] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[:0-2] Korotin, Ilse, ed. (31 December 2016), "W", biografiA, Wien: Böhlau Verlag, doi:10.7767/9783205793489-024, ISBN 978-3-205-79348-9, retrieved 10 January 2021

[3] Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] "Frauenbiografien, Namensliste Buchstabe W, biografiA - biografische Datenbank und Lexikon österreichischer Frauen, Widerstandskämpferinnen". www.univie.ac.at. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[5] Weinheber-Gesellschaft, Josef (1976). Jahresgabe - Josef Weinheber-Gesellschaft (in German). Josef Weinheber-Gesellschaft.

[6] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1969). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.

[7] "Richard Eybner, …". SENF + KREN (in German). 26 March 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

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