Louise Tippelskirch Strantz (2 March 1823 - 8 January 1909) was a German composer, poet and singer.
Strantz was born in
Dusseldorf to Lieutenant General
Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch, commandant of Berlin and commander of the
Royal Prussian State Gendarmerie
The Royal Prussian State Gendarmerie (german: Königlich Preußische Landgendarmerie) was the gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1812 to 1918. Until the foundation of the Prussian security police in 1919, the corps was the largest polic ...
.
She studied music with Constanze Blank, Jaehns, and Pax. She married Adolf von Strantz, and they moved to Berlin in 1842, where she lived until her death in 1909.
Strantz received favorable reviews in Vienna in 1852 when she sang in
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera ''Robert le di ...
’s opera ''
Le Prophete''. She was scheduled to make her debut in London in 1853.
Composer
Franz Bendel
Franz Bendel (23 March 18333 July 1874) was a German Bohemian pianist, composer, and teacher.
Bendel was born in Schönlinde, Bohemia, Austrian Empire. He was a student of Franz Liszt for five years in Weimar. From 1862, he lived in Berlin an ...
based his ''Wiegenlied'' on a text by Strantz.
Strantz’s music was published by
Bote & Bock
Bote & Bock is a German publishing house founded in Berlin in 1838 by Eduard Bote and Gustav Bock (1813-1863).
The first Gustav Bock was a musically gifted publisher with an eye for opera. Eduard Bote withdrew from the business in 1847, after the ...
,
Hermann, and
Tobias Haslinger
Tobias Haslinger (1 March 1787 - 18 June 1842) was an Austrian composer and music publisher. He published works by composers including, among others, Beethoven, Bendel, Mozart, Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert (; 31 January 179719 November 1 ...
.
Her compositions included:
Piano
*''Einzugs Marsch
''
*''Fest - Walzer
''
*''Flora Polka
''
*''Friedens Marsch''
*''Konig Marsch
''
*''Reverie
''
*''Santa Lucia Marsch
''
*''Schneeflocken Waltz
''
*''Victoria Walzer ''
*''Wilhelm - Marsch
''
Vocal
*“Anna Polka”
*Cantata: Des Kaiser's Ruh 'schütz'
*“Klage dem Liebchen”
*Zwei Lieder
References
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1823 births
1909 deaths
German women composers
German women singers
German women poets