Livia Frege
Virginia Livia Frege , b. Gerhardt (born June 13, 1818 in Gera ; † August 22, 1891 in Abtnaundorf ) was a German singer (soprano) and patroness .
Life
Livia Frege trained as a soprano with Christian August Pohlenz . She is considered the queen of Leipzig's romantic song singing.
She made her debut in 1832 at the age of 15 in the Leipzig Gewandhaus at a concert by Clara Wieck , who later became Robert Schumann's wife . In 1835 she was engaged at the Royal Opera in Berlin , but after her marriage in 1836 with the lawyer Woldemar Frege she returned to Leipzig . She was friends with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Robert Schumann and Ferdinand David . She was also in a lively correspondence with Franz Liszt .
Freges lived on Georgiring, a choir with 50 members regularly gathered in their house to sing with Livia Frege.
Liviastrasse in Leipzig's Waldstrasse district was named after her in 1889.
Dedications
Several works are dedicated to Livia Frege, including:
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Six songs op.57 ,
- Heinrich Marschner , The Prisoner op. 141,
- Robert Schumann , Six Poems op.36 (1840),
- Robert Schumann, Four Songs op. Post. 142 (1840),
- Clara Schumann , Six songs from “Jucunde” by Hermann Rollett (1856).
literature
- Willibald Gurlitt u. a. (Ed.): Riemann Music Lexicon . 12th edition Schott, Mainz 1972, ISBN 3-7957-0013-2 (Vol. 3: Person Teil A – K , p. 546).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lothar Kreiser: Gottlob Frege: Life - Work - Time . 1st edition. Meiner Verlag, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-7873-1668-X , p. 13 .
- ^ André Loh-Kliesch: Leipzig Lexicon.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frege, Livia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frege, Virginia Livia (full name); Gerhardt, Livia (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German singer (soprano) and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gera |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1891 |
| Place of death | Abtnaundorf |