Elise Schmezer

Elise Kratky Schmezer (1810–1856)[1] was a German singer and teacher[2] who composed one opera and many songs.[3][4][5]

Schmezer’s father Josef Kratky taught trumpet, trombone, and horn in Graz (today in Austria). She performed as a singer in Graz until her marriage to the tenor Friedrich Schmezer in the 1830s and his appointment as a singer/director in Braunschweig, Germany, in 1836.[6] Elise Schmezer composed and taught voice after their move to Braunschweig.[2]

Several composers dedicated works to Elise Schmezer:

In 1853, Schmezer’s opera Otto der Schütz[10] premiered in Brunswick at the Herzogliches Hoftheater.[11] The libretto by Friedrich Schmezer was based on works by Alexandre Dumas[12][13][14] and Johanna Kinkel.[2][15]

Schmezer’s compositions were published by Bachmann & Nagel, Damkohler, Heinrichshofen, Carl Luckhardt, Mayer, and A. M. Schlesinger.[6] They included:

Opera
  • Otto der Schütz (libretto by Friedrich Schmezer; orchestrated by Carl Zabel)[16][11]

Vocal
  • Opus 4, Lieder, Romanzen und Balladen für Tenor[1]
No. 1. “Der Troubadour” (text by Ferdinand Freiligrath after Sir Walter Scott
No. 2. “Rothe Rose” (text by Ferdinand Freiligrath after Robert Burns)
No. 3. ”Thürmerlied” (text Emanuel Geibel)
  • Opus 5, Lieder, Romanzen und Balladen fur Tenor[1]
No. 1 “Valencia’s Rose” (text by Gustav Brandt)
No. 2 “Die Sultanin” (text by Ignaz Hub)
No. 3 "Der Zigeunerbube" (text by Emanuel Geibel)
  • Opus 6, Lieder, Romanzen und Balladen[1]
No. 1 “Wenn ich in deine Augen seh’” (text by Heinrich Heine)
No. 2 “Ich möchte sterben wie der Schwan” (text by Emanuel Geibel)
No. 3 “Der Postillon” (text by Otto Friedrich Gruppe)
  • Opus 7, Lieder, Romanzen und Balladen[1]
No. 1 “Schön Rohtraut” (text by Eduard Mörike)
No. 2 “Das Geheimnis” (text by Friedrich Schiller)
No. 3 “Widmung” (text by Friedrich Rückert)
  • Opus 8, Lieder[1]
No. 1 “Neuer Frühling” (text by Heinrich Heine)
No. 2 “Der Gruss” (text by Anonymous)
No. 3 “Der Csikos” (text by Johan Nepomuk Vogl)
No. 4  “Tyrolerlied” (text by Zille)
  • Opus 10, Vier Lieder für hohe Stimme[1][17]
No. 1 “Gondoliera (Keine Rosen ohne Dornen)” (text by Otto Inkermann as C. O. Sternau)
No. 2 “Auf Posten” (text by Wilhelm Hauff)
No. 3 “Zigeunerlied aus dem Persischen” (text by Georg Friedrich Daumer)
No. 4 “Gondoliera (Felice notte Marietta)” (text by Otto Inkermann as C. O. Sternau)
  • Opus 11, Berg und See, aus Amaranth (text by Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz)[1]
  • Opus 12, Jung Walther aus Amaranth (text by Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz)[1]
  • Opus 13, Die Verwandlung (text by Christian Levin Friedrich Christian Sander)[1]
  • Opus 16, Vier Lieder[1]
No. 4 “Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt” (text by Heinrich Heine)
  • Opus 17, Drei Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte[18][19]
No. 1 “Der Ursprung der Harfe”
No. 2 “Du wundersüßes Kind” (text by Otto Indermann as C. O. Sternau)
No. 3 “Was treibt dich umher, in der Frühlingsnacht?” (text by Heinrich Heine)
  • Opus 18, Lieder mit englischem Texte von Robert Burns[18]
No. 1 “Wärst du auf öder Haid allein”
No. 2 “Das Hochlandskind”
No. 3 “Die Birke von Aberfeldy”
  • Opus 19, Two Songs[20]
  • Opus 20, Two Songs[21]

References
  1. "Elise Schmezer Song Texts | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  2. Deutscher Bühnenalmanach (in German).
  3. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (2nd, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: Books & Music USA. p. 622. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  4. Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall. p. 64. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
  5. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 148. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  6. Bunzel, Anja (2020). The Songs of Johanna Kinkel: Genesis, Reception, Context. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-78327-410-9.
  7. Piano Trio No. 4, Op. 31 (Fesca, Alexander): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
  8. Wiener Allgemeine Musik-Zeitung (in German). A. Strauss. 1845.
  9. Svensk bibliographi för år ... eller Allmän Förteckning öfwer utkomna Böcker, Musikalier, Kartor, Kopparstick och Stentryck: 1849 (in Swedish). Norstedt. 1849.
  10. Wier, Albert E., ed. (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 1670.
  11. Griffel, Margaret Ross (2018-01-23). Operas in German: A Dictionary. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4797-0.
  12. Allgemeine Theater-Chronik: Organ für das Gesamtinteresse der deutschen Bühnen und ihrer Mitglieder (in German). Schaarschmidt & Volckmar. 1853.
  13. Noll, Gustav (1906). Otto der Schütz in der Literatur (in German). K. J. Trübner.
  14. Dumas, Alexandre (2016-12-13). Otto der Schütz (in German). andersseitig.de. ISBN 978-3-96118-235-0.
  15. Studies in German. Catholic University of America. 1926.
  16. "Woman's Work in Music, Arthur Elson". www.hellenicaworld.com. p. 168. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  17. Leuckart, Franz Ernst Christoph (1895). Verzeichniss des Musikalien-Verlages von F. E. C. Leuckart Constantin Sander in Leipzig: In alphab. Reihenfolge. [Franz Ernst Christoph Leuckart] (in German). Leuckart.
  18. Hofmeisters Handbuch der Musikliteratur (in German). F. Hofmeister. 1880.
  19. Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht über neue Musikalien, musikalische Schriften und Abbildungen: 1853 (in German). Hofmeister. 1853.
  20. Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1.000 women composers Born Before 1900. New York: Richards Rosen Press. p. 73. OCLC 1123454581.
  21. Ebel, Otto (1910). Les femmes compositeurs de musique: dictionnaire biographique (in French). P. Rosier.
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