Else Streit

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Else Streit (born 27 July 1869) was a German composer,[1] pianist,[2] teacher, and violinist.[3]

Streit was born in Lauenburg, Pomerania, on the border of Poland and Germany. She studied music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory and the Stern Conservatory.[4] Her teachers included Heinrich Deeke, Gustav Hollaender, Stephan Krehl and Max Loewengar.[5]

Streit taught violin, piano, and music theory at the Bromberg Conservatory, the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, and the New Conservatory, Charlottenburg. She also taught privately in Berlin.[5]

Streit's music, in opus numbers through at least 25, was published by Adolf Martin Schlesinger.[5] Her compositions include:

Chamber[]

  • Romance in B minor (violin and piano)[5]
  • Sonata (violin and piano)

Opera[]

  • St. Nikolaus und seine Gehilfen[4]

Orchestra[]

  • Festmarsch for Infantry[5]
  • Symphonietta (string orchestra)[5]
  • Theme and Variations[5]

Vocal[]

  • Drei Lieder, opus 25[5]
  • "Es war einmal", opus 7[5]
  • "Psalm" (soprano, violin and organ)[5]
  • Vier Lieder, opus 21[5]
  • Vier Lieder, opus 22[5]
  • "Weihnacht"[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in Music : An Encyclopedic Biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. [page needed]. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  2. ^ Pedigo, Alan (1995). International Encyclopedia of Violin-keyboard Sonatas and Composer Biographies. Arriaga Publications. p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-0-9606356-2-7.
  3. ^ Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. p. [page needed].
  4. ^ a b McVicker, Mary F. (2016-08-09). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. McFarland. p. [page needed]. ISBN 978-0-7864-9513-9.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. p. [page needed]. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
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