Stephanie Wurmbrand-Stuppach
Countess Stephanie von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (December 26, 1849 – February 16, 1919) was a Hungarian pianist and composer. She was also known as Stephanie Brand-Vrabely.[1]
Biography[]
Stephanie von Wurmbrand-Stuppach was born in Pressburg (now Bratislava), Hungary. Her father, Karl von Vrabély, was a director of the Royal Hungarian Mail. Her mother, Seraphine Edle von Szlemenics, was a Doctor of Laws, the daughter of the Privy Councillor Professor . Stephanie showed early musical talent and received piano lessons. She released her first song composition at age 14, and later released a collection of thirty songs under the pseudonym Stephanie Brand-Vrabely. She gave concerts in Vienna and other major cities in Europe.[2]
On July 6, 1869, she married Count Ernst von Wurmbrand-Stuppach, brother of Adelma Vay. She worked as a writer, publishing in the feuilleton supplements of various newspapers. In recognition of her achievements she received a Silver Medal for Art and Science from Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.[3]
Works[]
Selected works include:
Piano Works:
- Three Character Pieces (Opus 8)
- Fifteen little fantasy pieces (Opus 24)
- Five Piano Pieces (Opus 25)
- Dance scenes (Opus 27)
- Two dances (Opus 29)
- Two Noveletten (Opus 31)
- La Gracieuse (Opus 32)
- The beautiful Mesuline (Opus 33)
- Three Piano Pieces (Opus 34)
- Seven Piano Pieces (Opus 37)
- Five Piano Pieces (Opus 38)
- From the mountains (Opus 39)
- Paraphrase on Two Hungarian Folk Songs (Opus 40)
- Concert-Para phase (Opus 41)
- Ocean (Opus 43)
- Conzert Etude (Opus 44)
- Kliczków (Opus 45)
- Six Piano Pieces (Opus 46)
- Three Piano Pieces (Opus 50)
- Aeolian Harp (Opus 52)
- Piano study for the left hand (Opus 53)
- Seven Piano Pieces (Opus 54)
- Barcarolle (Opus 55)
- Eleven piano pieces (Opus 61)
- Elf at the spinning wheel (Opus 63)
- Night Music on Kieferstadtel (Opus 64)
- Three Piano Pieces
- Three Piano Pieces
- Three Piano Pieces
- Three Piano Pieces
- Character piece
- Four Piano Pieces
- Ivy-leaf
- Eight Piano Pieces
- Ten Pieces for Piano
Piano Sonata:
- Sonata (Opus 35)
Elegy:
- Auf der Glatzen (Opus 51)
Anthem:
- Kaiserin Elisabeth-Hymne
Concert pieces:
- Concert pieces in Hungarian style (Opus 26)
- Concert Piece (Opus 57)
Songs:
- Der Wald ist kühl (Opus 1)
- Vier Lieder (Opus 28)
- Romanze (Opus 30)
- Nur ein Herz sei mein eigen (Opus 61)
- Wiegenliedchen
- Ich hab’ im Traum geweinet
March:
- Graf Wilczel
Quintet:
- My day has three hours (Opus 23)
Dances:
- Waltz (Opus 36)
- Waltz (Opus 42)
- Steffi-Walzer (Opus 62)
- Waltz
- Waltz
Violin Sonata:
- Sonata[4]
References[]
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Wurmbrand-Stuppach, Countess Stephanie". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ "Gräfin Stephanie von Wurmbrand-Stuppach". Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Gräfin Stephanie von Wurmbrand-Stuppach (1849-1919)". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- 1849 births
- 1919 deaths
- 19th-century classical composers
- 19th-century classical pianists
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century classical pianists
- Women classical composers
- Hungarian classical composers
- Hungarian classical pianists
- Hungarian Romantic composers
- Hungarian women pianists
- Women classical pianists
- 20th-century women composers
- 19th-century women composers