Elisabeth von Herzogenberg née Elisabet von Stockhausen (born in Paris on 13 April 1847; died in

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on 7 January 1892) was a German pianist, composer, singer and philanthropist.

Biography

Her father had served as a

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ian ambassador and was a pianist linked to Frédéric Chopin and Charles-Valentin Alkan. Although a Protestant, she married the Catholic

Heinrich von Herzogenberg Heinrich Picot de Peccaduc, Freiherr von Herzogenberg (10 June 1843 – 9 October 1900) was an Austrian composer and conductor descended from a French aristocratic family. He was born in Graz and was educated at a Jesuit school in Feldkirch ...

. She is known in large part for her association with Johannes Brahms, with whom she studied and with whom she and her husband corresponded copiously. As an aristocratic musician, she largely did not perform or publish for the public, but did arrange children's folk songs. Her lover, the composer

Ethel Smyth Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (; 22 April 18588 May 1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas. Smyth tended t ...

, devoted chapter XX of ''Impressions That Remained: Memoirs'' to her.

Edited Works

* ''24 Volkskinderlieder for voice and piano (1881)'' * ''8 Klavierstücke''

References

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