Marianne Scharwenka ( née Stresow, February 25, 1856 – October 24, 1918,

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

) was a German

violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

ist and composer. She was married to the German composer

Philipp Scharwenka Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka (16 February 1847, in Szamotuły amter Grand Duchy of Posen – 16 July 1917, in Bad Nauheim) was a German-Polish composer and teacher of music. He was the older brother of Xaver Scharwenka. Early training Scharwenka ...

External links

Marianne Scharwenka's Autograph Collection – 19th/20th – a set on Flickr
at www.flickr.com Marianne Scharwenka's collection of autographs from the 19th & 20th century.

of Marianne Scharwenka (in German) 1856 births 1918 deaths Musicians from Berlin Musicians from the Province of Brandenburg German classical violinists German women violinists 19th-century German musicians Women classical violinists {{violinist-stub