Anna Teichmüller

Anna Teichmüller (11 May 1861 – 6 September 1940)[1] was a German composer and teacher[2] who set the works of many poets, especially Carl Hauptmann,[3] to music. She composed most of her works at the Schreiberhau artist colony.[4]

Teichmüller was born in Göttingen, the oldest child of Anna von Cramer and Gustav Teichmüller. The family lived in Tartu, Estonia, during her childhood, where Gustav was a university professor. After his wife's death in childbirth in 1862, Gustav married her sister Lina, and they had eight more children.[5]

Teichmüller studied music in Jena and Berlin.[6] She met Carl Hauptmann in Jena in 1893, and he persuaded her to move to the artist colony[7] in Schreiberhau (then in Prussia; today known as Szklarska Poręba, Poland), where she lived until the end of her life.[4] Hauptmann dedicated his book Aus meinem Tagebuch München (From My Munich Diary) to Teichmüller.[8]

Although Teichmüller was known as Hauptmann's "Liederbraut" (bride of song), she composed music for the works of many writers, ranging from opus 1 through at least opus 43.[9] The writers included Anton Alexander Graf von Auersperg (as Anastasius Grün), Ferdinand Avenarius, Hans Bethge, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Marianne Blaauw, Grete Ziegler-Bock, Wolrad Eigenbrodt, Feodora, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (as F. Hugin), Friedrich Ludwig Konrad Fiedler, Friedrich Hebbel, Gottfried Keller, Nikolaus Lenau, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Hans Reisiger, Rainer Maria Rilke, Leopold von Schroeder, Paul Verlaine, and Friedl Zacharias.[10]

In addition to songs, Teichmüller composed chamber music and at least one opera.[11] Her music is published by Classical Vocal Reprints[12] and Hildegarde Publishing Company.[4] Her works include:

Chamber

• Forest Night, opus 22 (voice, cello and piano)[9]
• Hymn to the Night, opus 23 (soprano, baritone, cello and piano)[9]
• Suite, opus 41 (violin and piano)[9]

Mass

• Missa Poetica (text by Ilse von Stach)[4]

Songs

• See an alphabetical list of Teichmüller's songs
• Listen to Teichmüller's music on youtube

References

1. Modersohn-Becker, Paula (1983). Paula Modersohn-Becker, the Letters and Journals. Taplinger Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-8008-6264-0.
2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
3. Pese, Claus; Nationalmuseum, Germanisches (2001). Künstlerkolonien in Europa: im Zeichen der Ebene und des Himmels : Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, 15. November 2001 bis 17. Februar 2002 (in German). Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums. ISBN 978-3-926982-81-0.
4. "Hildegard Publishing - Music by Women Composers". www.hildegard.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
5. "Anna Teichmuller". geni_family_tree. 1861. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
6. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
7. "Iron Men of the Artist Colony in Worpswede". Culture.pl. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
8. The Nation. J.H. Richards. 1910.
9. Fünf Gedichte von Carl Hauptmann für eine Singstimme und Klavierbegleitung, Op. 1: No. 2 Windlied, retrieved 2021-08-11
10. "Anna Teichmüller (1861 - 1940) - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
11. Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
12. "Classical Vocal Reprints - Search - Sheet Music PDF Downloads". www.classicalvocalreprints.com. Retrieved 2021-08-11.