Erika Stang

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Erika Stang (1 September 1861 - 28 October 1898) [1] was a Norwegian composer and pianist. [2]

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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 [5] According to the Norwegian Historical Association, letters they exchanged between 1887 and 1889 have been archived and translated into English.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:

Piano

Vocal

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Erika Stang 1861–1898 – Ancsetors of Iver Neumann-Korsgaard". www.iverneumann.no. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-2769-7. OCLC   28889156.
  3. Steffens, Haagen Krog (1905). Slægten Stang: bidrag til Fredrikshalds historie (in Danish). Det Mallingske Bogtrykkeri A/S.
  4. Norske kvinder: en oversigt over deres stilling og livsvilkaar ... 1-3 (in Danish). Berg & Høgh. 1914.
  5. Boyle, Andrew J. (2017). Delius and Norway. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN   978-1-78327-199-3.
  6. Historisk tidsskrift: utgitt av den Norske historiske forening (in Norwegian). Universitetsforlaget. 1951.
  7. 1 2 Aarbog for ... (in Norwegian). 1897.
  8. 1 2 3 Norsk bokfortegnelse (in Danish). A. Cammermeyer. 1891.
  9. 1 2 Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN   978-0-9617485-1-7.