Princess Julie Furstin von Waldburg-Wurzach (27 April 1841 – 7 December 1914) was an Austrian composer who published over 60 works for voice and/or piano. She was born in

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to Count Frans and Frantiska Dubsky von Trebomyslicz. In 1858, she married Prince Eberhard Waldburg-Wurzach, becoming his second wife. They had two daughters, Marie and Elizabeth Sophie. One of Waldburg-Wurzach's teachers was pianist and composer Julie von Pfeilschifter, who lived with the family at in

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in 1872, then moved with them to

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in 1874.

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reviewed Waldburg-Wurzach's compositions in at least one letter in 1874. He suggested a simpler notation for her "Mondlied"; edited the text of "Comme à Vingt Ans"; and noted that her song dedicated to Mme Ehnn, "Liebeshoffnung," "please me particularly." In addition to composing, Waldburg-Wurzach provided significant help to several people. In 1875, she used her social contacts at Cotta Verlag (today Klett-Cotta Verlag) to help her half-sister

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begin publishing some of her writing, She visited

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after he crashed his aircraft in Allgau, Germany, on 17 January 1906. In 1908, she helped organize a fundraiser and signed an ad in a

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newspaper to raise money for her teacher Julie von Pfeilschifter. Waldburg-Wurzach's music was published by Bosworth & Company and Carl Ruhle. Her compositions include:

Piano

*''Five Piano Keys for Small Hands, Op. 34'' *''Hochzeitsfanfare (march)'' *''Mitzi-polka'' *''Ohne Ende (polka-mazurka) Op. 15'' *''Sonnenblumenwalzer'' *''Tagesneuigkeiten, Op. 12 (polka)''

Vocal

*"Comme a vingt ans" Op. 32 (text by Emile Barateau) *"Drie Lieder" Op. 31 (text by Heinrich Heine and Baron von Eschenbach) *"Es faelit ein Stern herunter" Op. 26 (text by Heinrich Heine) *"Es hat nicht sollen sein" Op. 50 (text by

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) *"Frau Nachtigall" Op. 25 *"Herbstklage" Op. 29 (text by

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) *"Lass' mich vor dir niedersinken" Op. 48 (text by Barbara Elisabeth Gluck as

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) *"Lebe wohl" Op. 15 *"Lehn deine Wang' an meine Wang' " Op. 45 (text by Heinrich Heine) *"Lieder Album" Op. 33 (text by Nikolaus Lenau;

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; Hermann Oelschlager;

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, and Emanuel von Geibel) *"O du, vor dem die Stuerme schweigen" Op. 24 *"O Herz du musst dich fassen" Op. 23 (text by

Robert Prutz Robert Eduard Prutz (30 May 1816 – 21 June 1872) was a German poet and prose writer. He was born at Stettin, modern day Szczecin. He studied philology, philosophy and history at Berlin, Breslau, and Halle, and in the last-named became associate ...

) *"Schilflied Auf dem Teich dem regungslosen" Op. 60 *"To the Moon" Op. 27 *"Ungarisches Lied" Op. 13 *"Verriet Mein blasses Angesicht" Op. 7 (text by

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