Grete von Zieritz (10 March 1899 – 26 November 2001) was an Austrian-German composer and pianist.

Life

Grete von Zieritz was born in Vienna, Austria into a noble family, and grew up in Vienna, Innsbruck and Graz. She received her first piano lessons at the age of six, and later studied with Hugo Kroemer (piano) and Roderick Mojsisovics (musical composition). She gave her first concert at age eight.[1]

In Berlin, she continued her studies with Martin Krause, a student of Franz Liszt, and Rudolf Maria Breithaupt. After the successful performance of her "Japanese Songs" in 1921, she decided to become a composer. Von Zieritz worked as a music teacher and continued to study in Berlin from 1926 to 1931 under Franz Schreker.[2] In 1939 she was the only woman at the International Music Festival in Frankfurt am Main among composers from 18 nations.[3] In 2009 in Vienna Donaustadt the Zieritzgasse was named after her. She died in Berlin in 2001.[4]

Awards

Works

Grete von Zieritz wrote over 250 works for various ensembles. Selected works include:[4]

Orchestral

Chamber

Vocal

With orchestra

Unaccompanied

References

  1. ^ "Grete von Zieritz". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ^ Thomas, Christopher. "Grete von Zieritz". Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  3. ^ Reiger, Eva. "Grete von Zieritz". Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b c Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

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