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German pianist and composer
Fromm-Michaels
Ilse Fromm-Michaels
(30 December 1888 – 22 January 1986) was a
German
pianist and composer.
Life
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Ilse Fromm-Michaels was born in
Hamburg
and showed musical talent at an early age. She studied music in
Berlin
, first at the Hochschule fur Musik with
Heinrich van Eyken
for composition and with
Marie Bender
for piano. In 1905 she began study at the Sternsche Conservatory of
Hans Pfitzner
and
James Kwast
and completed her studies in 1913 with conductor and composer
Fritz Steinbach
and pianist
Carl Friedberg
in
Cologne
.
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In 1908 Fromm-Michaels began a career as a concert pianist, often playing her own works. She married Hamburg judge Dr. Walter Michaels, and after the
Nuremberg Race Laws
were instituted by the
Nazis
was banned from performing or publishing her compositions. She continued teaching music, and after
World War II
established the
Hamburg First School of Music and Drama. In 1964 she was awarded the City of Hamburg's
Johannes Brahms Medal
. In 1973 she moved to
Detmold
to be near her son, and died there in 1986.
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Works
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Selected works include:
- Variationen uber ein eigenes Thema, op. 8
(1918/19)
- Vier Puppen, op. 4
(1908)
- Der Hampelmann
- Das Puppenmadchen
- Der Harlekin
- Acht Skizzen
(1908) No. I-VIII
- Sonate fur Klavier
op. 6 (1917)
- Sehr langsam. Frei im Zeitmaß
- Lebhaft, aber nicht schnell
- Walzerreigen, op. 7
(1917)
- Passacaglia fur Klavier, op. 16
(1932)
- Langsamer Walzer
(1950?)
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- Der Maria Geburt, op. 9, no. 2
(Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
- Die Meise, op. 9, no. 5
(Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
- Engelsgesang, op. 9, no. 3
(Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
- Frau Nachtigall, op. 9, no. 1
(Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
- Wiegenlied einer alten frommen Magd, op. 9, no. 4
(Text: Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
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- Stimmungen eines Fauns fur Klavier, op. 10
- 3 Kanons fur 3 Frauenstimmen, op. 11
- Eulenspiegelei und eine eingerahmte Fuge fur Klavier, op. 12
- Suite c-moll fur Cello solo, op. 15
(1931)
- Marien-Passion fur Chor, Kammerorchester und Orgel, op. 18
(1932/33)
- Symphonie c-moll fur großes Orchester (ursprunglich als Streichquartett konzipiert), op. 19
(1938)
Part of her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:
- Samtliche Klavierwerke
(Complete Piano Works), Babette Dorn, piano (Tacet 096); Stuttgart 1999.
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