Bertha Eichberg

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Bertha Eichberg (born April 5, 1844 in Stuttgart , † February 10, 1864 in Munich ) was a German harpist.

Life

Bertha Eichberg was the third daughter of the couple Eleonore / Leonore and Moritz Eichberg . Her father was Chasan in Stuttgart; her sisters Pauline and Julie also became musicians. Bertha Eichberg received her training from Gottlieb Krüger in Stuttgart. In 1858 and 1859 she could be heard in concerts with her sister Pauline, who was a pianist. She has given concerts in Leipzig , Bremen , Cologne , Frankfurt a. M. , Wiesbaden , Ems , Hamburg , Heidelberg , Chemnitz and Paris and, in addition to their musical talents, is said to have “distinguished themselves both by dazzling beauty and true modesty”, as an obituary stated.

In 1863, at Franz Lachner's request, she was to become a member of the royal court orchestra in Munich. However, Bertha Eichberg died shortly before her 20th birthday of a typhoid fever. Her body was buried in the Israelite part of the Hoppenlauf cemetery in Stuttgart. Al. Wrote the necrology in the Jüdisches Volksblatt . Elsasser from Laupheim .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nahida Remy's The Jewish Woman , Authorized Translation by Louise Mannheimer, Cincinnati 1895, p. 204
  2. ↑ Biography on sophie-drinker-institut.de ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sophie-drinker-institut.de
  3. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums , 28th year, Leipzig 1864, p. 147
  4. ↑ life data on alemannia-judaica.de (PDF; 43 kB)
  5. ↑ M. Kayserling, The Jewish Women in History , Olms, p. 368
personal data
SURNAME Eichberg, Bertha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German harpist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1864
Place of death Munich