Bertha von Brukenthal

Bertha von Brukenthal (born March 14, 1846 in Vienna , † July 18, 1908 in Gainfarn ) was an Austrian composer .

Bertha von Brukenthal was the youngest daughter of the Transylvanian state official Karl Ludwig Freiherr Czekelius von Rosenfeld and his wife Caroline, nee. Countess of Gatterburg . As a child she received piano and violin lessons and later studied with the pianist Julius Epstein . She also took singing lessons from concert singer Betty Bury . In 1865 she married Hermann Freiherr von Brukenthal , who died seven years later of a lung disease. She then took up studies with Otto Müller , who was professor of harmony and composition at the church music school of the General Vienna Church Music Association.

The first of her compositions was her Marche funèbre for piano by the Viennese publishing house in 1866 . Until 1877 further works were u. a. published by Bösendorfer in Vienna, J. Gross in Innsbruck, Julius Schuberth & Co. and Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig. Only after 1890 were further songs published by her. Many of her works are thought to have been lost. In addition to a number of songs, etc. a. a Missa solemnis , an Ave Maria , an offertory , a romance for cello and piano, a serenade for violin and piano, a collection of six pieces for male choir and some piano pieces.

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literature

POTYÓ, Béla István, Creația de mise romano-catolice a compozitorilor transilvăneni, secolele 18-19 , teză de doctorat, Academia de Muzică “G. Dima ", 2012 (Romanian)

personal data
SURNAME	Brukenthal, Bertha von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Czekelius von Rosenfeld, Bertha Freiin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	March 14, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	July 18, 1908
Place of death	Gain fern