Elisabeth Meyer (composer)

Katharina Elisabeth Tuxen Meyer (b. 19 July 1859, d. 4 July 1927) was a Danish composer.[1] She was born in Svendborg, Denmark,[2] sister of singer Marie English. She studied music with her mother and possibly composers Hans Jørgen Malling and Ludwig Birkedal Barford. She married and had four children, and died in Copenhagen.[3] She published under the name Elisabeth Tuxen.

Works

Meyer wrote about sixty songs and a cantata (lost). Selected works include:

  • The Lark
  • Berceuse for violin and pianoforte
  • Naar Duggen falder for pianoforte[4]

References
  1. Lawrence, Anya (1978). Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. New York, New York: Richards Rosen Press Inc. p. 54.
  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  4. The athenaeum. 1919.
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