Amalia Emma Sophie Hartmann née Zinn (22 August 1807 – 6 March 1851) was a Danish composer who composed under the pseudonym Frederik H. Palmer. She was married to the composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900). They lived on the second floor in the

Zinn House The Zinn House ( da, Zinnske Gård), located at Kvæsthusgade 3, is a historic townhouse around the corner from the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name after the Johann Ludvig Zinn, Zinn family, a wealthy family of merch ...

at Kvæsthusgade 3 in Copenhagen.

Early life

Emma Zinn was born into a wealthy merchant family in Copenhagen. She was the daughter of Johann Friederich Zinn (1779–1838) and Eva Sophie Juliane Oldeland (1779–1812). Her father had inherited the family's trading house after the death of his own father Johann Ludvig Zinn in 1802, initially in a partnership with his brother Carl Ludvig Zinn who died in 1808. Emma grew up in the

at Kvæsthusgade 3 and studied singing and piano with composer

Andreas Peter Berggreen Andreas Peter Berggreen (March 2, 1801 – November 8, 1880) was a Danish composer, organist, and pedagogue. Berggreen was born and died in Copenhagen. As a child Peter began composing songs and melodies for the flute. He initially studied law be ...

(1801–1880).

Compositions

Forsiden til femte bind af Emma Hartmanns (Frederik Palmers) romancer, 1853

Her first published composition was music for a Student Association dance in February 1841. Five pamphlets with a total of 22 ''Romances and Songs'' were later published with lyrics by prominent names including Christian Winther, Frederik Paludan-Müller and Swedish

Johan Ludvig Runeberg Johan Ludvig Runeberg (; 5 February 1804 – 6 May 1877) was a Finnish priest, lyric and epic poet. He wrote exclusively in Swedish. He is considered a national poet of Finland. He is the author of the lyrics to (''Our Land'', ''Maamme'' in Fin ...

. The first pamphlet was published in 1848 by Horneman & Erslev but the last two were published posthumously. The title lead featured both her real name and her pseudonym when her collected romances and songs were published in 1892. Her pseudonym was revealed in 1869 when the ''Manual of anonymity and pseudonyms in Danish literature'' was published. A collection of her piano pieces was published privately by her youngest son Frederik (Fritz) Hartmann in 1908. A new issue was published by DCM in 2003.

Personal life

Emma Zinn married

J.P.E. Hartmann Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (14 May 1805 – 10 March 1900) was, together with his son-in-law Niels W. Gade, the leading Danish composer of the 19th century. According to Alfred Einstein, he was ″the real founder of the Romantic movement in De ...

in 1829. He then worked as organist at the Garrison Church, a position he had taken over after his father. She gave birth to 10 children of which four died as infants. She was interested in literature, art and theatre. H.C. Andersen wrote entertainingly and movingly on her in his memoirs "''Mit Livs Eventyr''" and Clara Schumann also in "''Ehetagebuecher''". She died just 43 years old on 6 March 1851 and was interred in the Garrison Cemetery in Copenhagen. Her husband outlived her by almost fifty years and remarried in 1855. Her son

Emil Hartmann Emil Hartmann (1 February 1836, Denmark – 18 July 1898, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish composer of the romantic period, fourth generation of composers in the Danish Hartmann musical family. Early life and education Hartmann was born o ...

was also a composer. Her daughter Emma Sophie married Danish composer

Niels W. Gade Niels Wilhelm Gade (22 February 1817 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist and teacher. Together with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, he was the leading Danish musician of his day. Biography Gade was born ...

and her daughter Clara married pianist and composer

August Winding August Winding (24 March 183516 June 1899) was a Danish pianist, teacher and composer. Life Early life and education August Henrik Winding was born in Tårs, near Sandby on the island of Lolland. His father was a clergyman who collected and arran ...

. Her son Carl Hartmann was a sculptor.

Works

*''Viennese waltz'', 1841 *''Galopade'', 1841 *''Romances and songs 1-V'', 1849-53 (11 songs) * Collected Romances and Songs, 1892 (22 songs) *Collected piano works *Several unpublished songs

References

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