Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf (born Ingeborg Maria Wilhelmina Starck,[1] 24 August 1840 in Saint Petersburg, died 17 June 1913 in Munich) was a Finnish-German composer.
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf | |
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 Ingeborg Bronsart | |
| Born | Ingeborg Maria Wilhelmina Starck 24 August 1840 Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | 17 June 1913 |
| Occupation | Composer |
Life
Ingeborg Starck was the daughter of Finnish parents Margareta Åkerman and Otto Starck (originally Tarkiain[en]) who were living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where her father, a court saddle-maker,[1] was involved in commerce. Her native language was Finland's Swedish.[2] Having shown musical gifts from a young age, she studied piano with Nicolas von Martinoff and Adolf Henselt, as well as composition with Constantin Decker. She completed her studies in Weimar with Franz Liszt. During a stay in Paris in 1861 her friends included composers such as Auber, Berlioz, Rossini and Wagner. In September of the same year, she married fellow pianist-composer Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, a member of Liszt's circle whom she had met in Weimar.[3]
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf toured Europe as a concert pianist until 1867, when she was expected to cease work due to her husband's appointment as general manager of the Royal Theatre in Hanover. She remained musically active as a composer of opera, chamber and instrumental music and a large number of songs. Earlier, she had composed a piano concerto (1863), now lost. During her lifetime her operas were successfully produced in many theatres in Germany.[3] Pieces composed by her which were popular at the time included her Kaiser Wilhelm March (1871), the Singspiel Jery und Bätely (1873) and the opera Hiarne (1891).
Works
Operas
- Die Göttin von Sais (1867)
- Jery und Bätely (1873)
- König Hiarne (1891)
- Die Sühne (1909)
Concertos
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F-minor (1863)
Orchestral works
- Kaiser Wilhelm March (1872)
Chamber music
- Romanze in A minor for violin and piano (1873)
- Notturno in A minor for cello and piano, op. 13 (1879)
- Elegie in C major for cello and piano, op. 14 (1879)
- Romanze in B-flat major for cello and piano, op. 15 (1879)
- Phantasie for violin and piano, op. 21 (1891)
Piano music
- Trois études (1855)
- Nocturne (1855)
- Tarantella (1855)
- Fuge über die Namen Maria und Martha (von Sabinin) (1859)
- Fugues (1859)
- Variations on themes by Bach (1859)
- Variations (1859)
- Toccatas (1859)
- Sonata (1859)
- Kaiser Wilhelm March (1871)
- Vier Clavierstücke (1874)
- Drei Phantasie in G-sharp minor, op. 18 (1891)
Choral music
- Hurrah Germania! for male choir (1871)
- Kennst du die rothe Rose? for soloists male choir and mixed choir (1873)
- Easter Lied, for choir, op. 27 (1903)
Songs
- Die Loreley (1865)
- (Text: Heinrich Heine)
- Und ob der holde Tag vergangen (1870)
- Three Lieder (1871)
- (Text: A. Dunker, E. Neubauer, H. Zeise)
- Three Lieder (1872)
- (Text: Heine, O. Roquette)
- ... 3. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet
- Five Lieder (1878)
- Six Lieder by Mirza Schaffy, op. 8 (1879)
- (Text: Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt after Mirza Shafi Vazeh)
- 1. Zuléikha; 2. Im Garten klagt die Nachtigall; 3. Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt; 4. Gelb rollt mir zu Füßen; 5. Die helle Sonne leuchtet; 6. Ich fühle deinen Odem
- Hafisa: Three Lieder by Mirza Schaffy, op. 9 (1879)
- (Text: Bodenstedt after Mirza Shafi)
- 6 Poems, op. 10 (1879)
- (Text: Bodenstedt)
- 1. Mir träumte einst ein schöner Traum; 2. Abschied vom Kaukasus; 3. Wie lächeln die Augen; 4. Nachtigall, o Nachtigall; 5. Das Vöglein; 6. Sing, mit Sonnenaufgang singe
- Five Christmas Lieder, op. 11 (1880)
- (Text: Jakobi)
- Five Poems, op. 12 (1880)
- (Text: Bodenstedt)
- Röslein auf Haiden (1880–1885)
- (Text: Richard Voss)
- Five Poems, op. 16 (1882)
- (Text: Ernst von Wildenbruch)
- 1. Abendlied; 2. Ständchen; 3. Zwei Sträusse; 4. Der Blumenstrauss 5. Letzte Bitte
- Twelve Nursery Rhymes, op. 17 (1882)
- (Text: Klaus Groth)
- Wie dich die warme Luft umscherzt“ (?)
- Blumengruss (1888)
- (Text: Goethe)
- Six Poems, op. 20 (1891)
- (Text: Michail Lermontov)
- Three Poems, op. 22 (1891)
- (Text: Peter Cornelius)
- Three Lieder, op. 23 (1892)
- (Text: Goethe, Nikolaus Lenau, Platen)
- Im Lenz (1898)
- (Text: Paul Heyse)
- Rappelle-toi! op. 24 (1902)
- (Text: Alfred de Musset)
- Three Lieder, op. 25 (1902)
- (Text: Bodenstedt, Goethe, Heine)
- ... 3. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen (Heine)
- Abschied, op. 26 (1902)
- (Text: Felix Dahn)
- Lieder, (c. 1903)
- (Text: Bodenstedt)
- Verwandlung (1910)
- (Text: Paul Heyse)
- Lieder (1910)
References
- Pieniä löytöjä – Starck. Genos, 1965 (vol. 36), pp. 68–69. (In Finnish.)
- Välimäki, Susanna (7 October 2020). "Pidättekö Bronsartista?". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). p. B4.
- "Obituary: Ingeborg von Bronsart (Née Stark)". The Musical Times. Musical Times Publications Ltd. 54 (847): 607. 1 September 1913. JSTOR 908070. (subscription required)
Sources
- This article is based on the Swedish Wikipedia entry
- The list of songs is drawn from the Lied and Art Song Texts Page and a list of works by MUGi – Musik und Gender im Internet
External links
- Free scores by Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Biographical sketch and list of works (in German) by Katharina Hottmann at MUGi – Musik und Gender im Internet, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
- Katharina Hottmann, Art. "Bronsart, Ingeborg von", in: Lexikon "Europäische Instrumentalistinnen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts", hrsg. von Freia Hoffmann, 2011.