Sophie Wolff-Fritz (15 July 1858 – 1938) was a German composer, singer and teacher. She was born in
Vohl and studied singing in
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
under Luise Muller, and later under Femy Schnyder. Woff-Fritz taught in a nursery school and at the Kirschbaum Institute before moving to
Buenos Aires
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in 1891, where she was the principal of a music school until 1904. After 1907, she returned to
Berlin
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and taught singing there. She wrote at least one article on singing, which was published in 1921. Her compositions for voice and piano include:
*Children's Songs (1912-1928)
*Fate
*Five Songs (1912-1922)
*Peace
*Picture
*Prayer
References
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German women composers
1858 births
1938 deaths