Frieda Schmitt-Lermann (born 24 May 1885) was a German composer and pianist who wrote music for orchestra, television, theatre and voice.
Life
Schmitt-Lermann was born in Wurzburg. She studied piano privately in Augsburg, then studied composition in Munich with Josef Schmid. 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. Her compositions included:
Chamber
- Kompositionen fuer Violine und Klavier
Orchestra
- Allerseelen Symphonic Poem
- Indische Maerchen Symphonic Poem
- Serenade
Theatre
- Das Lied von der Glocke (text by Friedrich Schiller)
- music for television
Vocal
- Das Lied von der Glocke (choir and piano; text by Friedrich Schiller)
- Deutsche Schulmesse (two voices and organ)
- Drei Lieder
- Graduale fuer Mariae Empfangnis (choir and organ)
- “Liebeslied”
- “Lied vor de Trauung”
- Mass in F
- Offertorium fuer Christi Himmelfahrt (choir and orchestra)
- Songs
- “Vor der Trennung: wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelzungen”
References
- ^ 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.
- Wier, Albert E. (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 1674.
- 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.
- Günther, Georg (2018-06-20). Friedrich Schillers musikalische Wirkungsgeschichte: Ein Kompendium (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-476-04620-8.
- 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.
- Schmitt-Lermann, Frieda. Drei Lieder (in German).
- Hofmeisters Handbuch der Musikliteratur (in German). F. Hofmeister. 1924.