JOHANNA KINKEL - GERMANY
BORN 8 JULY
BORN 8 JULY
Johanna Kinkel was a German composer, writer, and revolutionary. Kinkel was born in Bonn. In 1840, after five months of unhappy marriage, she was divorced from the Cologne bookseller Matthieux. Her second marriage, in 1843, was to the German poet Gottfried Kinkel. They had four children. Following the 1848 Revolutions she was forced to abandon Germany and flee to London. She was found dead in her garden in 1858 from a fall; although suicide was suspected, there was no way to verify this. Her tombstone was inscribed Freiheit, Liebe und Dichtung (meaning Freedom, Love, and Poetry).
Kinkel was an author of considerable merit. She wrote on musical subjects, including regular review articles of music events for the Bonner Zeitung, a newspaper she and her husband edited in cooperation with Carl Schurz. An autobiographical novel of hers, Hans Ibeles in London, was published posthumously in 1860. She also had a substantial output of musical compositions. Many of these compositions were written for the Maikäferbund (Maikäfer Group — the Maikäfer being the beetle Melolontha melolontha which emerges from the ground in May), a group of poets which she directed and Gottfried also helped lead. This group was founded in 1840 and lasted until the 1848 revolution. It had an annual festival. She also wrote music for her children which was published.
She died on 15 November 1858 in London and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery with her daughters Marie Kinkel (January–February 1861) and Johanna Kinkel (1845-1863).
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Sechs Lieder Op. 19, No. 2 and No. 3
Sechs Lieder Op. 19, No. 2 and No. 3
RITA SROHL - FRANCE
BORN 8 JULY
Rita Strohl (born Aimée Marie Marguerite Mercédès Larousse La Villette, on 8 July 1865 was a French pianist and composer.
Rita was a gifted student and attended the Paris Conservatory at the age of 13, where she studied piano and solfège. She studied composition and voice privately. She was also a member of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique. In 1884, she started publishing her chamber music trios, and the following year her Messe pour six voix, orchestre, et orgue résonne.
She is the author of several vocal, symphonic and chamber music pieces. She was endorsed by Camille Saint-Saëns, Vincent d’Indy and Gabriel Fauré. Jane Bather sang her Chansons de Bilitis, and Pablo Casals played her music. Notably honored by Pierre Louÿs and Henri Duparc, she appears in the dictionary of contemporaries, where she’s reported to be “officer of academia”. Her music has gained renewed interest in recent years.
Rita Strohl (born Aimée Marie Marguerite Mercédès Larousse La Villette, on 8 July 1865 was a French pianist and composer.
Rita was a gifted student and attended the Paris Conservatory at the age of 13, where she studied piano and solfège. She studied composition and voice privately. She was also a member of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique. In 1884, she started publishing her chamber music trios, and the following year her Messe pour six voix, orchestre, et orgue résonne.
She is the author of several vocal, symphonic and chamber music pieces. She was endorsed by Camille Saint-Saëns, Vincent d’Indy and Gabriel Fauré. Jane Bather sang her Chansons de Bilitis, and Pablo Casals played her music. Notably honored by Pierre Louÿs and Henri Duparc, she appears in the dictionary of contemporaries, where she’s reported to be “officer of academia”. Her music has gained renewed interest in recent years.
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