Sophie Wolff-Fritz (15 July 1858 – 1938) was a German composer, singer and teacher.[1] She was born in Vohl and studied singing in Darmstadt under Luise Muller, and later under Femy Schnyder.[2] Woff-Fritz taught in a nursery school and at the Kirschbaum Institute before moving to Buenos Aires in 1891, where she was the principal of a music school until 1904.[3] After 1907, she returned to Berlin and taught singing there. She wrote at least one article on singing, which was published in 1921.[4] Her compositions for voice and piano include:[5]
- Children's Songs (1912-1928)
- Fate
- Five Songs (1912-1922)
- Peace
- Picture
- Prayer
References
edit- ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan.
- ^ Stewart-Green, Miriam. (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
- ^ Berliner Titeldrucke (in German). Behrend. 1922.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (2nd, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
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