INGEBORG VON SCHELLENDORF - RUSSIA
BORN 24 AUGUST
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (born Ingeborg Lena Starck, 24 August 1840 in Saint Petersburg, died 17 June 1913 in Munich) was a Swedish-German composer.
Ingeborg Starck was the daughter of Swedish parents Margareta Åkerman and Otto Starck who were living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where her father was involved in commerce. Having shown musical gifts from a young age, studied piano with Nicolas von Martinoff and Adolf Henselt, as well as composition with Constantin Decker. She completed her studies in Weimar with Franz Liszt. During a stay in Paris in 1861 her friends included composers such as Auber, Berlioz, Rossini and Wagner (who commented in his autobiography on her good looks). In September of the same year, she married fellow pianist-composer Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, a member of Liszt's circle whom she had met in Weimar.
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, as she was now known, toured Europe as a concert pianist until 1867, when she was expected to cease work due to her husband's appointment as general manager of the Royal Theatre in Hanover. She remained musically active, however, as a composer of opera, chamber and instrumental music and a large number of songs. Earlier, she had composed a piano concerto (1863). During her lifetime her operas were successfully produced in many theatres in Germany. Pieces composed by her which were popular at the time included her Kaiser Wilhelm March (1871), the Singspiel Jery und Bätely (1873) and the opera Hiarne (1891).
BORN 24 AUGUST
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (born Ingeborg Lena Starck, 24 August 1840 in Saint Petersburg, died 17 June 1913 in Munich) was a Swedish-German composer.
Ingeborg Starck was the daughter of Swedish parents Margareta Åkerman and Otto Starck who were living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where her father was involved in commerce. Having shown musical gifts from a young age, studied piano with Nicolas von Martinoff and Adolf Henselt, as well as composition with Constantin Decker. She completed her studies in Weimar with Franz Liszt. During a stay in Paris in 1861 her friends included composers such as Auber, Berlioz, Rossini and Wagner (who commented in his autobiography on her good looks). In September of the same year, she married fellow pianist-composer Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, a member of Liszt's circle whom she had met in Weimar.
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, as she was now known, toured Europe as a concert pianist until 1867, when she was expected to cease work due to her husband's appointment as general manager of the Royal Theatre in Hanover. She remained musically active, however, as a composer of opera, chamber and instrumental music and a large number of songs. Earlier, she had composed a piano concerto (1863). During her lifetime her operas were successfully produced in many theatres in Germany. Pieces composed by her which were popular at the time included her Kaiser Wilhelm March (1871), the Singspiel Jery und Bätely (1873) and the opera Hiarne (1891).
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Osterlied by Ingeborg von Schellendorf
MONA LYN REESE - USA
BORN 24 AUGUST
Mona Lyn Reese (born August 24, 1951) is an American composer, best known for her operas and choral music. Her work is melodic and accessible with an emphasis on driving or complex rhythms, movement, and contrasting textures. Her music communicates and expresses emotions traditionally or experimentally without allowing a prevailing fashion to dictate style, form, or harmony.
Reese was born in Morris, Minnesota, and began piano lessons at age six, flute lessons at age eight, and taught herself guitar at age 13. She attended the University of Minnesota, Morris, (BA), where she also studied flute performance, composition and French. She continued at the University of Kansas (MM Composition), writing Love Songs to the Moon and Piano Moods. She began composing professionally in 1975, with music for woodwind quintet and percussion to a documentary film on Kansas. Reese was Composer in residence at the Minnesota Opera from 1991–99, where she arranged works for the Minnesota Opera touring company and conducted educational residencies to help students write and produce original operas.
BORN 24 AUGUST
Mona Lyn Reese (born August 24, 1951) is an American composer, best known for her operas and choral music. Her work is melodic and accessible with an emphasis on driving or complex rhythms, movement, and contrasting textures. Her music communicates and expresses emotions traditionally or experimentally without allowing a prevailing fashion to dictate style, form, or harmony.
Reese was born in Morris, Minnesota, and began piano lessons at age six, flute lessons at age eight, and taught herself guitar at age 13. She attended the University of Minnesota, Morris, (BA), where she also studied flute performance, composition and French. She continued at the University of Kansas (MM Composition), writing Love Songs to the Moon and Piano Moods. She began composing professionally in 1975, with music for woodwind quintet and percussion to a documentary film on Kansas. Reese was Composer in residence at the Minnesota Opera from 1991–99, where she arranged works for the Minnesota Opera touring company and conducted educational residencies to help students write and produce original operas.
Reese’s orchestral works have been performed by orchestras throughout the United States including the Minnesota Orchestra, the Livingston Symphony Orchestra (Livingston, New Jersey), the Atlanta Symphony, the Minnesota Sinfonia, and the San José Chamber Orchestra. She had her first European performance with the Czech Radio Symphony in 1997.
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Passage to Fatehpur Sikri by Mona Lyn Reese
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