Louise Tippelskirch Strantz (2 March 1823 - 8 January 1909) was a German composer, poet and singer.
Strantz was born in
Dusseldorf to Lieutenant General
Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch
Lieutenant general Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch (26 July 1774 in Gut Görken, Prussia – 23 January 1840 in Berlin) was a Prussian Army officer during the Napoleonic wars. Later he was commandant of Berlin and commander of the Royal Prussian Sta ...
, commandant of Berlin and commander of the
Royal Prussian State Gendarmerie
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.
She studied music with Constanze Blank, Jaehns, and Pax. She married Adolf von Strantz, and they moved to Berlin in 1842, where she lived until her death in 1909.
Strantz received favorable reviews in Vienna in 1852 when she sang in
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart and Richard Wa ...
’s opera ''
Le Prophete''. She was scheduled to make her debut in London in 1853.
Composer
Franz Bendel based his ''Wiegenlied'' on a text by Strantz.
Strantz’s music was published by
Bote & Bock,
Hermann, and
Tobias Haslinger.
Her compositions included:
Piano
*''Einzugs Marsch
''
*''Fest - Walzer
''
*''Flora Polka
''
*''Friedens Marsch''
*''Konig Marsch
''
*''Reverie
''
*''Santa Lucia Marsch
''
*''Schneeflocken Waltz
''
*''Victoria Walzer ''
*''Wilhelm - Marsch
''
Vocal
*“Anna Polka”
*Cantata: Des Kaiser's Ruh 'schütz'
*“Klage dem Liebchen”
*Zwei Lieder
References
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1823 births
1909 deaths
German women composers
German women singers
German women poets