Johanna Senfter ( 27 November 1879 – 11 August 1961) was a German composer.

Johanna Senfter was born and died in Oppenheim. From 1895^[1] she studied composition under Iwan Knorr,^[1] violin under Adolf Rebner,^[1] piano under Karl Friedberg^[1] and organ at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. This gave her a considerable amount of musical training when in 1908 she became a student of Max Reger in Leipzig. She composed nine symphonies, 26 orchestral works and concertos for piano, violin, viola, and cello. Senfter was a masterful composer of fugue. Altogether she left behind 134 works.

Compositions

Discography

• Senfter: Compositions for Two Violins (Feminae Records, 2019)
  • Concerto in C minor for Two Violins and String Orchestra, op. 40
    • Performed by: Aleksandra Maslovaric (violin), Katarina Aleksic (violin), Budapest Symphony Orchestra
  • Ten Old Dances for Two Violins, op. 91
    • Performed by: Aleksandra Maslovaric (violin), Katarina Aleksic (violin)
    • Available: [1]

• Feminae in Musica (Feminae Records, 2007)
  • Elegie, op. 13, no. 3
    • Performed by: Aleksandra Maslovaric (violin), Tania Fleischer (piano)
    • Available: [2]