Agnes Zimmermann

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Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann (born July 5, 1847 in Cologne , † November 14, 1925 in London ) was a German concert pianist and composer who lived in England .

biography

Zimmermann moved to England with her family and was accepted into the Royal Academy of Music at the age of nine . Reginald Steggall and Cipriani Potter were their teachers there. She later studied under Ernst Pauer and Sir George Macfarren . Zimmermann received a Kings Scholarship in 1860 and 1862. In 1863 she made her debut at the Crystal Palace with Beethoven's Emperor Concerto .

After Zimmermann had finished her studies, she toured Germany in 1879, 1880, 1882 and 1883. She published her own editions of the sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart as well as the compositions by Robert Schumann . Zimmermann moved in in 1878 after the death of Francis Goldsmid , the husband of the feminist Lady Louisa Goldsmid . Zimmermann is said to have "paid attention" to Goldsmith for 18 years and the two were said to have a lesbian relationship.

Several composers such as George Alexander Macfarren his Three Sonatas (1880) and Michele Esposito his Ballades , Op. 59 (1907) dedicated works to her.

Works

Zimmermann composed music for chamber orchestra , claro solos and vocal pieces.

Selected works are:

  • Three sonatas for piano and violin, Opp. 16, 21 and 23
  • Cello Sonata , Op. 17 (published by Schott in 1872)
  • Trio for piano, violin and cello , Op. 19th
  • Presto alla Tarantella , Op. 15th

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Aryeh Oron: Agnes Zimmermann (composer, arranger). (No longer available online.) Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1952 Edition; Author: Sir George Grove), August 2007, archived from the original on August 18, 2010 ; Retrieved September 27, 2010 .
  2. ^ Sophie Fuller: Zimmermann, Agnes (Marie Jacobina). Retrieved May 2, 2020 .
  3. ^ Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians . 6th edition. Collier Macmillan, London 1978, ISBN 0-02-870240-9 (English).
  4. ^ Sophie Fuller: Queer episodes in music and modern identity . Univ. of Illinois Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-252-02740-6 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Carpenter, Agnes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zimmermann, Agnes Marie Jacobina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German concert pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1925
Place of death London