Else Streit

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Else Streit (born 27 July 1869) was a German composer, [1] pianist, [2] teacher, and violinist. [3]

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Streit was born in Lauenburg, Pomerania, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. She studied music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory and the Stern Conservatory. [4] Her teachers included Heinrich Deeke, Gustav Hollaender, Stephan Krehl and Max Loewengar. [5]

Streit taught violin, piano, and music theory at the Bromberg Conservatory, the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, and the New Conservatory, Charlottenburg. She also taught privately in Berlin. [5]

Streit's music, in opus numbers through at least 25, was published by Adolf Martin Schlesinger. [5] Her compositions include:

Chamber

Opera

Orchestra

Vocal

References

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  2. Pedigo, Alan (1995). International Encyclopedia of Violin-keyboard Sonatas and Composer Biographies. Arriaga Publications. p. [ page needed ]. ISBN   978-0-9606356-2-7.
  3. Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. p. [ page needed ].
  4. 1 2 McVicker, Mary F. (2016-08-09). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. McFarland. p. [ page needed ]. ISBN   978-0-7864-9513-9.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. p. [ page needed ]. ISBN   0-9617485-2-4. OCLC   16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)