Erika Stang

Erika Stang (1 September 1861 - 28 October 1898)[1] was a Norwegian composer and pianist.[2]

Stang was born in Honefoss[3] to Fredrikke Dorothea Kamstrup and Johan Stang.[1] She studied music with Agathe Backer Grøndahl and Hans Barth in Berlin and taught music in Kristiania during the 1880s and 1890s.[4] She also performed as a pianist, and corresponded with pianist Andreas Martin Knutzen([5] According to the Norwegian Historical Association, letters they exchanged between 1887 and 1889 have been archived and translated into English.[6] Stang died in Oslo in 1898.[1]

Stang’s music was published by Carl Warmuth.[7] Her compositions include:

Piano
  • Bryllupsmarsch[7]
  • Childhood Memories[8]
  • Fifteen Four-Hand Pieces for Beginners[8]

Vocal
  • “Vaarvise”[9]

References
  1. "Erika Stang 1861–1898 – Ancsetors of Iver Neumann-Korsgaard". www.iverneumann.no. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. Steffens, Haagen Krog (1905). Slægten Stang: bidrag til Fredrikshalds historie (in Danish). Det Mallingske Bogtrykkeri A/S.
  4. Norske kvinder: en oversigt over deres stilling og livsvilkaar ... 1-3 (in Danish). Berg & Høgh. 1914.
  5. Boyle, Andrew J. (2017). Delius and Norway. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-78327-199-3.
  6. Historisk tidsskrift: utgitt av den Norske historiske forening (in Norwegian). Universitetsforlaget. 1951.
  7. Aarbog for ... (in Norwegian). 1897.
  8. Norsk bokfortegnelse (in Danish). A. Cammermeyer. 1891.
  9. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.
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