Maria Elisabeth, Countess of Schlick (, ; c. 1790 – 14 December 1855) was a Bohemia-born composer and poet. She composed music for lieder and also wrote poetry that other composers set to music. She published under the name Countess Elise Schlick or Gräfin Elise Schlick. Although Schlick is often described as German, some sources list her birthplace as

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and her birth year as 1792. Little is known about Schlick’s early life or education. She was the sister-in-law of Count Franz zu Bassano und Weisskirchen, an Austrian general who helped suppress the Hungarian uprising in 1849. She was described as a patroness of

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in Prague. Schlick produced compositions through at least opus 5. Her musical compositions were published by Franz Gloggl and C. A. Spina in Vienna; August Cranz in Hamburg; and Schott in Mainz. Her musical compositions and poetry included:

Music

*"Geisternacht" *"Gute Nacht" *"Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze," opus 5 (text by

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; ; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was an outstanding poet, writer, and literary criticism, literary critic of 19th-century German Romanticism. He is best known outside Germany for his ...

) *"Lieder der Nacht"

Poetry

*"Die Lüfte weh'n so lind" (music by Conradin Kreutzer *"Du frische Saat, heraus/Frühlingsfreude" (music by Amalie Scholl) *"Glaubet nicht es wären Tränen" (music by

Jan Bedřich Kittl Jan Bedřich Kittl (; 8 May 1806 – 20 July 1868) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Biography Kittl was born in Orlík nad Vltavou, Orlík. After studying law in Prague, Kittl studied music with Václav Tomášek. From 1843 to 1864, he headed the P ...

)

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