Maria Elizabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen

Maria Elizabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen (July 11, 1885 – July 16, 1980)[1][2] was a Dutch composer,[3] lyricist, organist,[4] and teacher.[5]

Tengbergen was born in Hoorn to Susanna Maria Gerlings and Hendrik Johan van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen, a government official. Her first music teacher was her aunt, Maria Elizabeth Gerlings, who was an organist. She studied music at schools in Leiden and Amsterdam with teachers Jean Baptiste de Paux, Sem Dresden, Steven van Groningen, and Wilhelmina ter Huppen.[5]

Tengbergen worked as a music teacher and organist. She wrote the lyrics as well as the music for many of her songs. Her students included the British musicologist Macario Santiago Kastner.[6] Dutch artist Engelien Reitsma-Valença engraved a print of Tengbergen at the piano in 1921, which is in the Rijksmuseum today .[7] Tengbergen corresponded with author and drama critic Jeanne Gabriëlle van Schaik-Willing.[8] Tengbergen's papers are archived in the Netherlands Music Institute.[9]

Tengbergen's works were published by Albach, Broekmans & van Poppel,[5] Heuwekemeijer,[10] Ploegsma, and Seyffardt.[8] Her publications included:

Books
  • Baron van Hippelepip: een verhaaltje voor kinderen met plaatjes en muziek (Baron van Hippelepip: a story for children with pictures and music; with Leo Visser)[8]

Chamber
  • 8 Trios for Three Recorders[9]
  • Als Duizend Sterren Schijnen (When 1,000 Stars Shine; violin and piano)[9]
  • Suite for Violin and Piano[12]

Operetta
  • Sneeuwit en Rozerood (Snow White and Rose Red)[5]

Piano
  • 4 Sonatines: voor Piano (4 Sonatinas for Piano)[8]
  • 50 Polyphonic Pieces[9]
  • Bedenkseltjes Aan De Piano (Ideas at the Piano)[9]
  • Bekende Liedjes (Well-Known Songs; 4 hand piano)[9]
  • De Ontwikkeling aan de Piano (Musical Development at the Piano)[13]
  • Klimmen & Dalen (Climbing and Descending)[9]
  • Muzikale Bouwstenen (Musical Building Blocks)[9]
  • Oude Wijsjes Voor Jonge Handen (Old Tunes for Young Hands)[9]
  • Studies in Wit en Zwart: 30 Piano-etudes voor de Jeugd (Studies in White and Black: 30 Piano Etudes for Youth)[8]

Vocal
  • 7 Kinderliedjes (7 Nursery Rhymes; voice and piano)[9]
  • Als Engelen Zingen: een Verzameling Kerstliederen voor de Jeugd (When Angels Sing: A Collection of Christmas Carols for Youth)[8]
  • "Benedizione" (Blessing; voice and piano)[8]
  • Bij de schoorsteen: een bundel St. Nicolaasliedjes (At the Chimney: A Bundle of St. Nicholas Songs)[8]
  • "Bomen in Nevel" (Trees in Mist; voice and piano)[8]
  • "Maria, die Zoude naar Bethlehem" (Mary, Who Would Go to Bethlehem; voice and piano)[8]
  • Sint Nicolaas en Kerstliederen (Saint Nicholas and Christmas Carols)[8]
  • "Stil nu Tekst" (Quiet Now)[14]
  • Trekvogels: 14 Canons met Tekst (Migratory Birds: 14 Canons with Text)[8]
  • Twee Liederen (2 Songs; voice and piano)[8]

References
  1. "Schott Music London". schottmusiclondon.com. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. Cort, Bart de (2009). reitsma-valenca. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-557-07640-6.
  3. Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  4. 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.
  5. 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)
  6. Inter-American Music Review. R. Stevenson. 1992.
  7. "Maria Elizabeth van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen achter de piano, Engelien Reitsma-Valença, 1921". Rijksmuseum (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  8. "Results for 'Maria Ebbenhorst Tengbergen' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  9. "Zoeken naar Ebbenhorst Tengbergen | Nederlands Muziek Instituut". www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  10. "Ebbenhorst-Tengbergen, Maria Elizabeth van (composer) (page 1 of 1)". Presto Music. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  11. Tengbergen, Maria van Ebbenhorst (1950). Solfèges (in Dutch). Broekmans & Van Poppel.
  12. Nieuwsblad Voor Den Boekhandel (in Dutch). S. de Visser. 1932.
  13. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1929). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  14. Verschuren, Midden in de winternacht (in Dutch). Uitgeverij Christofoor. ISBN 978-90-6238-554-6.
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