Jenny Meyer

Jenny Meyer (born March 26, 1834 in Berlin ; † July 20, 1894 there ) was a German singer ( alto / mezzo-soprano ) and music teacher .

Life

Jenny Meyer was born as the daughter of the businessman Itzig Meyer and his wife Wilhelmine. From 1854 she received singing training from Julius Stern , who had been married to her older sister Elisabeth (1831-1919) since 1852. She made her debut in 1855 in the oratorio Luther by the composer Julius Schneider and was heard for the first time as a soloist in the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 1856 . From 1857 there followed appearances in Weimar , Hanover , Cologne ( Gürzenich ) and Hamburg . She also made guest appearances in Paris and in 1859 appeared several times in court concerts in London for Queen Victoria .

In 1865 Jenny Meyer began working as a singing teacher at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. After the death of her brother-in-law Julius Stern in 1883, she became the sole owner and from 1888 director of the Stern Conservatory, which she ran until her death.

In October 1890, her sister Anna Meyer applied to Kaiser and König to be “ awarded the title of Professor ” to Jenny Meyer. Minister of Education Gustav von Goßler rejected him, saying " that it has not been customary in the Prussian administration to award a female person the title of professor "; but he noted that Jenny Meyer “is known as a good teacher. "

literature

Hermann Mendel u. August Reissmann (ed.): Musical Conversations Lexicon: An encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences. Seventh volume, Robert Oppenheim, Berlin 1877, pp. 141-142
Hugo Riemann : Music Lexicon . 7th edition. Max Hesse Verlag, Leipzig 1909, p. 917
Oscar Paul (Hrsg.): Handlexikon der Tonkunst . Second volume (L – Z), Heinrich Schmidt, Leipzig 1873, p. 119
Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large Singer Lexicon , Volume 4 . 4th edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 , p. 3100 .

Web links

Jenny Meyer at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Die Arä Jenny Meyer at the Stern Conservatory at Berlin University of the Arts online

Individual evidence

^ Jacob Jacobson: The Jewish Citizens' Books of the City of Berlin . Berlin 1962, p. 180 (google.de)
↑ Cordula Heymann-Wenzel: The Stern Conservatory of Music in Berlin In: Beatrix Borchard and Heidy Zimmermann (eds.): Musikwelten - Lebenswelten: Jewish identity search in German music culture. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar 2009 (Jüdische Moderne series, Vol. 9), ISBN 978-3-412-20254-5 , p. 262
↑ GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 1598, fol. 176 r / v

Remarks

↑ With regard to the year of birth, different information is available in the available sources. There are corresponding entries for the years 1834, 1836 and 1837. Even taking into account the data of the Common Authority File (GND) , the year 1834 is to be given preference here.

personal data
SURNAME	Meyer, Jenny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German singer (alto / mezzo-soprano) and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	July 20, 1894
Place of death	Berlin

[2] Jacob Jacobson: The Jewish Citizens' Books of the City of Berlin . Berlin 1962, p. 180 (google.de)

[3] Cordula Heymann-Wenzel: The Stern Conservatory of Music in Berlin In: Beatrix Borchard and Heidy Zimmermann (eds.): Musikwelten - Lebenswelten: Jewish identity search in German music culture. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne, Weimar 2009 (Jüdische Moderne series, Vol. 9), ISBN 978-3-412-20254-5 , p. 262

[4] GStA PK I. HA Rep. 89 No. 1598, fol. 176 r / v

[1] With regard to the year of birth, different information is available in the available sources. There are corresponding entries for the years 1834, 1836 and 1837. Even taking into account the data of the Common Authority File (GND) , the year 1834 is to be given preference here.