Louise Hauffe
Louise Hauffe (born January 2, 1836 in Düben , † March 19, 1882 in Leipzig ) was a German concert pianist .
Life
childhood
Louise Hauffe was born on January 2, 1836 in Düben . Her real name was Louise Haufe, from 1850 she was called Louise Hauffe. Her mother was Johanna Friederike Haufe, her father was the musician and director of a music school, Johann Gottlieb Haufe.
Music career
She gave her first concerts in 1849 at the age of 13. From 1850 to 1855 she studied piano, composition, music theory, music history and ensemble playing at the Conservatory of Music in Leipzig . During her studies she appeared as a piano accompanist. After graduating, she established herself as a soloist and chamber musician. Between 1856 and 1870 she performed regularly in the Leipzig Gewandhaus and other concert halls. A highlight of her career was the concerts in Vienna in the winter of 1864/1865 , where she played in the well-known Hellmesberg chamber music orées and performed as a soloist with the Vienna Philharmonic . Louise Hauffe was able to withstand the comparison with Clara Schumann both in technique and in interpretation, which she proved in a joint appearance in December 1859 with Clara Schumann and in October 1871 in a concert with Amalie Joachim in Leipzig. A last, documented public concert took place in December 1871 at the Leipzig Riedel'schen Konzertverein .
Her repertoire included classical and romantic works such as sonatas with violins or cello, piano trios, piano quartets, piano quintets, piano and harpsichord concerts as well as solo compositions by well-known musicians with whom she also played.
Private
In July 1872 Louise Hauffe married the Leipzig city council and music publisher Raimund Härtel, withdrew from public concert life after the marriage and was involved in building up and maintaining a musical circle of friends. Her house became a center of the musical elite, with Johannes Brahms , Elisabeth and Heinrich von Herzogenberg , Clara Schumann and other great musicians frequenting them. With her extraordinary career as a professional musician, Louise Hauffe was a role model in the fight against social conventions that excluded women from equal participation in working life. After a long illness, Louise Hauffe died on March 19, 1882 in Leipzig .
Honors
On September 28, 2017, the Women's Council Sachsen eV praised the project woman places Saxony Louise Hauffe with a stele in the spa Bad Duben for their extraordinary commitment to the equality of women in employment.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kathrin Kabelitz: State Women's Council honors Bad Düben pianist Louise Hauffe with a stele. Leipziger Volkszeitung, September 29, 2017, accessed on October 9, 2017 .
- ^ A b Landesfrauenrat Sachsen eV: Fifth “Frauenorte sachsen” - memorial plaque is now in Bad Düben. Retrieved October 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Commemorative plaque of the Landesfrauenrat Sachsen eV in the spa park Bad Düben
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hauffe, Louise |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German concert pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Over there |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1882 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |