Erika Stang (1 September 1861 - 28 October 1898) [1] was a Norwegian composer and pianist. [2]
Stang was born in Honefoss [3] to Fredrikke Dorothea Kamstrup and Johan Stang. [1] She studied music with Agathe Backer Grøndahl and Hans Barth in Berlin and taught music in Kristiania during the 1880s and 1890s. [4] She also performed as a pianist, and corresponded with pianist Andreas Martin Knutzen. [5] According to the Norwegian Historical Association, letters they exchanged between 1887 and 1889 have been archived and translated into English. [6] Stang died in Oslo in 1898. [1]
Stang’s music was published by Carl Warmuth. [7] Her compositions include:
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