German composer, poet and singer
Louise Tippelskirch Strantz (2 March 1823 - 8 January 1909) was a German composer,[ 1] poet and singer.[ 2]
Strantz was born in Dusseldorf to Lieutenant General Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch , commandant of Berlin and commander of the Royal Prussian State Gendarmerie .
She studied music with Constanze Blank, Jaehns, and Pax.[ 3] She married Adolf von Strantz, and they moved to Berlin in 1842, where she lived until her death in 1909.[ 2]
Strantz received favorable reviews in Vienna in 1852 when she sang in Giacomo Meyerbeer ’s opera Le Prophete . She was scheduled to make her debut in London in 1853.[ 4]
Composer Franz Bendel based his Wiegenlied on a text by Strantz.[ 5] Strantz’s music was published by Bote & Bock ,[ 6] Hermann, and Tobias Haslinger .[ 5] Her compositions included:
Piano
Vocal
Cantata: Des Kaiser's Ruh 'schütz'[ 7]
References
^ Hixon, Donald L.; Hennessee, Don A. (1993). Women in Music: An Encyclopedic Biobibliography . Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2769-1 .
^ a b Meyerbeer, Giacomo (2012-02-13). 1860-1864 (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-091811-3 .
^ Ledebur, Carl Freiherrn von (1861). Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin's von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart (in German). Rauh.
^ The Illustrated London News . Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1852.
^ a b Wiegenlied von Franz Bendel aus dessen Poetischen Stunden (in German). Haslinger Hermann. 1875. OCLC 1149809302 .
^ a b c d e f g Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers . Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4 .
^ a b c Hofmeister, Adolf Moritz (1876). Hofmeisters Handbuch der Musikliteratur (in German). F. Hofmeister.
^ Offenbach, Jacques (1865). Arien und Gesänge aus Die schöne Helena: Opera-Buffa in 3 Abtheilungen (in German). E. Bote & G. Bock.
^ a b Moniteur belge0: 1877,10/12 (in French). 1877.
^ Neue Berliner Musikzeitung (in German). Ludwig. 1858.
^ Verzeichnis sämmtlicher im Jahre ... in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Ländern gedruckter Musikalien, auch musikalischer Schriften und Abbildungen (in German). Hofmeister.
^ Offenbach, Jacques; Crémieux, Hector Jonathan (1860). Arien und Gesänge aus: Orpheus in der Unterwelt: burleske Oper in zwei Akten und vier Bildern (in German). Bote & Bock.
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