Herma Studeny

Herma Studeny (4 January 1886 - 28 June 1973) was a German violin virtuoso,[1] composer,[2] and author who is best remembered today for writing the Book of the Violin.[3]

Studeny was born in Munich[1] to Hermine Niemeczek and medical doctor Alfred S. Studeny. She married the painter Julius Nitsche in 1921.[4]

Studeny made her debut as a violinist in 1903. She attended the Prague Conservatory, where she studied with Antonin Dvorak and Otakar Sevcik, and later with Richard Schrammel.[5] Studeny’s students included Joseph “Nipso” Brantner,[6] Juan Wolfgang Granat,[7] Herbert Hirschmann, Michael Mann, and Gerhard Seitz.[8]

Studeny said that her “credo” was three bars of the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita No. 2.[9] She performed as a soloist, and also formed the Studeny String Quartet in Munich with Alf Beckmann, Lotte Harburger, and Karl List.[10] Guenter Henle sometimes accompanied her on the piano.[11] Her performing career slowed after World War II when she was accused of belonging to the Third Reich’s Chamber of Music, but she eventually resumed performing.

Studeny’s violin book was published by Gustav Bosse.[12] Her publications include:

Books
  • Book of the Violin[13]
  • Glass Mountain: From My Life[14]
  • Mintrels’ Ways: Poems[14]

Music
  • Four Suites for Violin[5]

References
  1. 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)
  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. Studeny, Herma (1932). Das büchein vom geigen (in German). Bosse.
  4. Who's who in Germany. Intercontinental Book and Publishing Company, German editor R. Oldenbourg Verlag. 1964.
  5. "Herma Studeny". www.kotte-autographs.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  6. "Nipso Brantner". DjangoBooks Forum. 14 October 2005. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  7. Cummings, David M. (2000). International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory: (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-948875-53-3.
  8. Schumann, Robert (1955). Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (in German). B. Schott.
  9. Mitchell, M. K. (2019). The Revival of the Baroque Violin (thesis) (PDF). Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis.
  10. Cobbett, Walter Willson; Mason, Colin (1963). Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Oxford University Press.
  11. Henle, Gunter (1971). Three Spheres: a Life in Politics, Business and Music: The Autobiography of Guenter Henle. H. Regnery.
  12. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1932). Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1932. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
  13. Studeny, Herma (1932). Das büchein vom geigen (in German). Bosse.
  14. Studeny, Herma. "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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