Valentina Ramm

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Valentina Yosifovna Mandelstam Ramm [1] (22 October 1888 - 3 July 1968) was a Ukrainian author, composer, coloratura soprano, translator and violinist. She composed over 100 songs and several string quartets. [2] [3]

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Life and work

Ramm was born in Kharkov, Ukraine. [4] She graduated from the Leipzig Conservatory (today the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig) in 1908. Her teachers included B. Heidiger, S. Krell, K. Zitt (possibly Hans Sitt, who taught at the Leipzig Conservatory from 1884 to 1921), as well as Mikhail Gnessin in Moscow. [2]

Ramm worked in several areas related to music:

Ramm wrote articles on the history of song and song in civil strife. She composed over 100 songs on texts by Soviet poets such as Aleksandr Aleksandrov, Alexander Blok, Mikhail Lermontov, Alexander Pushkin, Ovady  Savich and Fyodor Tyutchev. [2] [5] [6]

Fluent in German, Russian and Yiddish, Ramm translated two Bach cantatas into Russian, and translated works by Joel Engel, Mikhail Gnessin, Aleksandr Krein, and Aleksandr Veprik into German. [7]

Works

Ramm’s works were published by Universal (Leipzig). [8]

Printed works

Ballets

Chamber works

Orchestral works

Vera Inber) [7]

Piano works

Vocal works

References

  1. 1 2 "РАММ в музыкальной энциклопедии". www.music-dic.ru. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). p. 573. ISBN   978-0-9617485-1-7.
  3. ↑ The Musical Leader. J. French Demerath and E. French Smith. 1942.
  4. 1 2 "Valentina Ramm". earsense.org. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Ramm, Valentina Iosifovna". femalecomposers. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  6. 1 2 "Valentina Iosifovna Ramm Song Texts | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "List of works by Valentina Ramm - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  8. 1 2 Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice. A reference publication in women's studies. Boston, Mass: Hall. pp. 112, 173. ISBN   978-0-8161-8498-9.
  9. 1 2 Ho, Allan Benedict; Feofanov, Dmitry, eds. (1989). Biographical dictionary of Russian/Soviet composers. New York: Greenwood Press. pp. 179, 434. ISBN   978-0-313-24485-8.
  10. ↑ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. New York: Richards Rosen Press Inc. p. 84.
  11. ↑ Boenke, H. Alais (1988-10-19). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   978-0-313-36831-8.
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