Georgina Schubert

Georgina (or Georgine) Schubert (28 October 1840 - 26 December 1878) was a German coloratura soprano and lieder composer who toured throughout Europe.[1][2]

Life

Schubert was born in Dresden to violinist and composer Francois Schubert and his wife, soprano Maschinka Schubert. She is not related to the better known composer Franz Schubert. [3][4][5] Her maternal grandparents were also musicians: Kapellmeister Georg Abraham Schneider and his wife, Dresden Court Opera singer Caroline Portmann. Schubert’s first teacher was her mother.[2] She later studied with Jenny Lind and Manuel Garcia.[6]

Schubert sang at major venues in England (Alexandra Palace and Grosvenor House).[7][8][9] She appeared at the Lyric Theater in Paris, and at venues in the Netherlands and throughout Europe.[10][11] She sang the role of Dinorah in Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Le Pardon de Ploermel more than 30 times.[12]

Compositions

Schubert composed at least 12 lieder:

• “Ave Maria” (text by Anonymous)[13]
• “Barcarole” (text by Carlo Pepoli)[13]
• “Der Muschel gleichen meine Leider” (text by Karl Egon Ebert)[13]
• “Der traumende See” (text by Julius Mosen)[13]
• “Die Heimath” (text by Anonymous)[13]
• “Gondoliera” (text by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi as Pietro Metastasio)[13]
• “Ich mocht’ ein Lied dir singen” (text by H. Weisser)[13]
• “L’ame d’un ange” (text by Theodore Faullin de Banville)[13]
• “Romance” (text by Anonymous)[13]
• “Romanza” (text by Raniero de’ Calzabigi)[13]
• “Serenade” (text by Anonymous)[13]
• “Wiegenlied” (text by Melchior von Diepenbrock)[13]

References

1. 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.
2. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
3. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
4. Weir, Albert E. (1930). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: in One Volume. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 1689.
5. "Composer - Schubert, François - MyMusicScores". mymusicscores.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
6. "ConcertoNet.com - The Classical Music Network". www.concertonet.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
7. The Musical Standard. 1875.
8. The Academy. J. Murray. 1875.
9. The Athenaeum. J. Lection. 1875.
10. Toonkunstenaars-Vereeniging, Nederlandsche (1862). Caecilia: algemeen muzikaal tijdschrift van Nederland (in Dutch). Kemink.
11. Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1.000 women composers Born Before 1900. Richards Rosen Press, Inc. OCLC 1123454581.
12. Revue et gazette musicale de Paris (in French). Revue. 1861.
13. "Georgine Schubert Song Texts | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2023-01-30.