Clara Faisst

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Clara Mathilde Faisst (born June 22, 1872 in Karlsruhe , † November 22, 1948 in Karlsruhe) was a German composer , music teacher, pianist and poet .

Life

Clara Faisst initially received her musical training at the Grand Ducal Conservatory in Karlsruhe. In 1894 she went to Berlin to study at the Royal University of Music . There she was a student of Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916), Robert Kahn (1865–1951), Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897) and Max Bruch (1838–1920), in whose master class she took part. After completing her studies, Clara Faisst returned to Karlsruhe, where she worked as an artist and teacher.

In the period before the Second World War, Clara Faisst received attention as a composer and as an interpreter of piano works. Only a few works have so far been available on phonograms or published in new editions.

Of special interest are the numerous contacts and friendships that existed with important personalities. These included the painter Hans Thoma , who had been director of the art gallery and professor at the art academy in Karlsruhe since 1899, and above all musicians and musicologists such as Wilhelm Furtwängler , Max Bruch and Willy Rehberg . A friendship that lasted until the composer's death existed with the doctor, theologian and musician Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965). The artist's health deteriorated greatly in the last years of her life. Clara Faisst died on November 22, 1948 at the age of 76 in Karlsruhe.

Create

Clara Faisst composed many songs, which were also published in large numbers. Her complete works have 30 opus numbers, the later works being mainly instrumental music . Much of it was self-published and distributed on commission by various music stores in Karlsruhe. Some songs have been published as music supplements in magazines and thus gained wider circulation. Most of the works were created in the years up to 1930. Clara Faisst's handwritten and printed bank notes have been preserved in the Badische Landesbibliothek .

literature

  • Martina Rebmann: Clara Faisst. Composer, pianist and poet (1872–1948) , in: Lebensbilder aus Baden-Württemberg, ed. v. Gerhard Taddey [and a.], Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, Volume 23 (2010), pp. 294-320.
  • Martina Rebmann: Because being a stranger is the artist's lot on earth . On the life and work of the Karlsruhe composer Clara Faisst (1872–1948) , in: Music in Baden-Württemberg. Jahrbuch, Vol. 8 (2001), pp. 79-103.
  • “Should it be intended to be ineffective?” - The Karlsruhe composer and poet Clara Faisst (1872–1948) , in: Reiner Nägele and Martina Rebmann (eds.): Klangwelten: Lebenswelten - female composers in southwest Germany, Stuttgart: Württembergische Landesbibliothek , 2004, pp. 150-177.
  • Martina Rebmann: In the footsteps of the Karlsruhe composer and poet Clara Faisst (1872–1948) - you can only learn to compose - poetry in tones - never! , in: Journal for the History of the Upper Rhine, Vol. 154 (2006), pp. 517–555.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martina Rebmann: Clara Faisst. Composer, pianist and poet (1872–1948) . In: Gerhard Taddey [u. a.]. (Ed.): Pictures of life from Baden-Württemberg . tape 23 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-021529-0 , pp. 294 ff .
personal data
SURNAME Faisst, Clara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faisst, Clara Mathilde (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, music teacher, pianist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1948
Place of death Karlsruhe