Elisabeth Wintzer

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

Life

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

Book

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

Chamber music

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

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

Vocal

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

^ 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)
^ 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.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1916). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
^ 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.
^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1939.
^ 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.

[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.

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