[독일]Emilie Mayer (에밀리 메이어)

Emilie Mayer (Emilie Luise Friderica Mayer )

(1812 - 1883 / 순조 12년-고종 20년, 71세)

was a German composer of Romantic music.^[1] Emilie Mayer began her serious compositional study relatively late in life, yet she was a very prolific composer, producing some 8 symphonies and at least 15 concert overtures, plus numerous chamber works and lieder. ^{( 독일 베를린 출신 여류 작곡가. 작곡 공부가 상대적으로 늦었지만 다작을 했다. 교향곡 8곡, 최소 15곡의 서곡, 수를 알  수 없을 정도로 많은 실내악, 가곡을 작곡했다.)}

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Emilie Mayer was the third child and eldest daughter of a well-to-do pharmacist, Johann August Friedrich Mayer and Henrietta Carolina. She received musical education at an early age, and even in her first years as a piano student, the young Emilie apparently had an eating disorder, which caused many issues in her compositions.

 

On August 28, 1840(28세), her life took a sudden turn: Emilie Mayer's father fatally shot himself,

26 years to the day after he buried Emilie's mother.^[3]

 

In 1841(29세), she moved to the regional capital city of Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland), and sought

to study composition with Carl Loewe, a central figure of the musical life of the city.

Author Marie Silling,^[4] writes concerning this: "The death of her father caused her first deep sorrow; in order to numb this pain, she buried herself in work. She went to Szczecin and became Loewe‘s student. After a challenging test he said in his crafty manner: "You actually know nothing and everything at the same time! I shall be the gardener who helps the talent that is still a bud resting within your chest to unfold and become the most beautiful flower!" Emilie always considered it important to be thrifty in her own life but was continually giving to the needs of others.

When, for these reasons, she asked Löwe whether she could share the composition lessons with other female pupils, he answered: "such a God-given talent as hers had not been bestowed upon any other person he knew." This statement filled her with the greatest thankfulness throughout her whole life and obliged her to work extremely hard."

 

In 1847(35세), after the premiere of her first two symphonies (C minor and E minor) by the Stettin Instrumental Society, she moved to Berlin to continue her compositional studies. once in Berlin, she studied fugue and double counterpoint with Adolph Bernhard Marx, and instrumentation with Wilhelm Wieprecht.

 

She began publishing her works (e.g. lieder and chants, op. 5-7 in 1848) and performing in private concerts. Then on April 21, 1850, Wieprecht led his "Euterpe" orchestra in a concert at the Royal Theatre exclusively presenting compositions by Emilie Mayer. With critical and popular acclaim, she continued composing works for public performance. She travelled to attend performances of her works, including to Cologne, Munich, Lyon, Brussels and Vienna.

 

* Compositions-See also: List of compositions by Emilie Mayer

 

* 출처: 음원-유튜브/ 해설-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia