Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (born Ingeborg Maria Wilhelmina Starck, 24 August 1840 in

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, died 17 June 1913 in

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) was a Finnish-

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composer.

Life

Ingeborg Starck was the daughter of Finnish parents Margareta Åkerman and Otto Starck (originally Tarkiain n who were living in

, Russia, where her father, a court saddle-maker,Pieniä löytöjä – Starck.
''Genos'', 1965 (vol. 36), pp. 68–69. (In Finnish.) was involved in commerce. Her native language was Finland's Swedish. Having shown musical gifts from a young age, she studied piano with Nicolas von Martinoff and

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and

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, a member of Liszt's circle whom she had met in Weimar. Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, as she was now known, toured Europe as a concert pianist until 1867, when she was expected to cease work due to her husband's appointment as general manager of the Royal Theatre in

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. She remained musically active, however, as a composer of opera, chamber and instrumental music and a large number of songs. Earlier, she had composed a piano concerto (1863), now lost. During her lifetime her operas were successfully produced in many theatres in Germany. Pieces composed by her which were popular at the time included her Kaiser Wilhelm March (1871), the

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''Jery und Bätely'' (1873) and the opera ''Hiarne'' (1891).

Works

Operas

* ''Die Göttin von Sais'' (1867) * ''Jery und Bätely'' (1873) * ''König Hiarne'' (1891) * ''Die Sühne'' (1909)

Concertos

* Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F-minor (1863)

Orchestral works

* Kaiser Wilhelm March (1872)

Chamber music

* Romanze in A minor for violin and piano (1873) * Notturno in A minor for cello and piano, op. 13 (1879) * Elegie in C major for cello and piano, op. 14 (1879) * Romanze in B-flat major for cello and piano, op. 15 (1879) * Phantasie for violin and piano, op. 21 (1891)

Piano music

* Trois études (1855) * Nocturne (1855) * Tarantella (1855) * Fuge über die Namen Maria und Martha (von Sabinin) (1859) * Fugues (1859) * Variations on themes by Bach (1859) * Variations (1859) * Toccatas (1859) * Sonata (1859) * Kaiser Wilhelm March (1871) * Vier Clavierstücke (1874) * Drei Phantasie in G-sharp minor, op. 18 (1891)

Choral music

* Hurrah Germania! for male choir (1871) * Kennst du die rothe Rose? for soloists male choir and mixed choir (1873) * Easter Lied, for choir, op 27 (1903)

Songs

* Die Loreley (1865) :(Text:

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) * Und ob der holde Tag vergangen (1870) * Three Lieder (1871) :(Texts: A. Dunker, E. Neubauer, H. Zeise) * Three Lieder (1872) :(Texts: Heine, O. Roquette) :... 3. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet * Five Lieder (1878) :(Texts:

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) * Six Lieder by Mirza Schaffy, op 8 (1879) :(Texts: Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt after Mirza Shafi Vazeh) :1. Zuléikha; 2. Im Garten klagt die Nachtigall; 3. Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt; 4. Gelb rollt mir zu Füßen; 5. Die helle Sonne leuchtet; 6. Ich fühle deinen Odem * Hafisa: Three Lieder by Mirza Schaffy, op 9 (1879) :(Texts: Bodenstedt after Mirza Shafi) * 6 Poems, op 10 (1879) :(Texts: Bodenstedt) :1. Mir träumte einst ein schöner Traum; 2. Abschied vom Kaukasus; 3. Wie lächeln die Augen; 4. Nachtigall, o Nachtigall; 5. Das Vöglein; 6. Sing, mit Sonnenaufgang singe * Five Christmas Lieder, op 11 (1880) :(Texts: Jakobi) * Five Poems, op 12 (1880) :(Texts: Bodenstedt) * Röslein auf Haiden (1880–1885) :(Text:

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) * Five Poems, op. 16 (1882) :(Texts:

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) :1. Abendlied; 2. Ständchen; 3. Zwei Sträusse; 4. Der Blumenstrauss 5. Letzte Bitte * Twelve Nursery Rhymes, op 17 (1882) : (Texts: Klaus Groth) * Wie dich die warme Luft umscherzt“ (?) * Blumengruss (1888) : (Text: Goethe) * Six Poems, op 20 (1891) : (Texts: Michail Lermontov) * Three Poems, op 22 (1891) : (Texts: Peter Cornelius) * Three Lieder, op 23 (1892) : (Texts: Goethe, Nikolaus Lenau, Platen) * Im Lenz (1898) : (Text:

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) * Three Lieder, op. 25 (1902) : (Texts: Bodenstedt, Goethe, Heine) : ... 3. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen (Heine) * Abschied, op. 26 (1902) : (Text: Felix Dahn) * Lieder, (c. 1903) : (Texts: Bodenstedt) * Verwandlung (1910) : (Text: Paul Heyse) * Lieder (1910)

References

Sources

* This article is based on the Swedish Wikipedia entry * The list of songs is drawn from th
Lied and Art Song Texts Page
and
list of works by ''MUGi – Musik und Gender im Internet''

External links

*
Biographical sketch and list of works
(in German) by Katharina Hottmann at ''MUGi – Musik und Gender im Internet'', Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg *Katharina Hottmann, Art.
Bronsart, Ingeborg von
, in: Lexikon "Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts", hrsg. von Freia Hoffmann, 2011. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bronsart Von Schellendorf, Ingeborg 1840 births 1913 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century German composers 19th-century women composers 19th-century classical pianists 20th-century classical composers 20th-century German composers 20th-century women composers German women classical composers German opera composers German classical pianists German women pianists Finnish classical composers Finnish classical pianists Finnish women pianists Women classical composers Women opera composers Women classical pianists Musicians from Saint Petersburg Pupils of Adolf Henselt Finnish people from the Russian Empire German people of Finnish descent Swedish-speaking Finns 20th-century German women 20th-century Finnish composers 19th-century women pianists 20th-century women pianists