Frieda Schmitt-Lermann

Frieda Schmitt-Lermann (born 24 May 1885) was a German composer and pianist who wrote music for orchestra, television, theatre and voice.[1]

Life

Schmitt-Lermann was born in Wurzburg.[2] She studied piano privately in Augsburg, then studied composition in Munich with Josef Schmid.[3] Little is known about Schmitt-Lermann’s personal life.

Schmitt-Lermann’s Kompositionen fuer Violine und Klavier was recorded commercially  on LP KASKA 1 BLN 30. Her music was published by Boehm & Sohn and Otto Halbreiter.[1] Her compositions included:

Chamber
  • Kompositionen fuer Violine und Klavier[1]

Orchestra
  • Allerseelen Symphonic Poem[1]
  • Indische Maerchen Symphonic Poem[1]

Theatre
  • music for television[1]

Vocal
  • Das Lied von der Glocke (choir and piano; text by Friedrich Schiller)[5]
  • Deutsche Schulmesse (two voices and organ)[1]
  • Graduale fuer Mariae Empfangnis (choir and organ)[1]
  • “Liebeslied”[1]
  • “Lied vor de Trauung”[1]
  • Offertorium fuer Christi Himmelfahrt (choir and orchestra)[1]
  • “Vor der Trennung: wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelzungen”[7]

References
  1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: Books & Music USA Inc. pp. 623, 1125. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. Wier, Albert E. (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 1674.
  3. Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers : an annotated catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 321. ISBN 978-0-313-38790-6. OCLC 650307517.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. Günther, Georg (2018-06-20). Friedrich Schillers musikalische Wirkungsgeschichte: Ein Kompendium (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-476-04620-8.
  5. Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. p. 64. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  6. Schmitt-Lermann, Frieda. Drei Lieder (in German).
  7. Hofmeisters Handbuch der Musikliteratur (in German). F. Hofmeister. 1924.
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