Wilhelmine Marstrand

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Antonie Leopoldine Wilhelmine Marstrand (born August 7, 1843 in Donaueschingen , † August 16, 1903 in Spiez on Lake Thun ) was a German pianist and piano teacher.

Life

Wilhelmine Marstrand (as well as her younger sister Marie) received her early musical education at her birthplace in Donaueschingen, after the family moved to Constance in 1855 from the music director and organist Carl Ferdinand Schmalholz there. From 1859–1864 Wilhelmine Marstrand was taught at the newly founded Stuttgart Conservatory by the piano teachers Sigmund Lebert and Dionys Pruckner, a student of Franz Liszt . She then went to Hanover as a piano virtuoso , from where she also gave concerts in the south and east of the German-speaking region, for example in Frankfurt a. M. , Stuttgart , Mannheim , Karlsruhe , Pforzheim , Augsburg , Munich , Leipzig (in the Gewandhaus Orchestra ), Dresden , Braunschweig , Osnabrück .

In 1868 Wilhelmine Marstrand settled in Hamburg with her sister. Here she had her first appearance in the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra in 1869 with Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Piano Concerto in B minor, Op. 89. From 1871 to 1874 she gave regular chamber music concerts with the cellist and concertmaster Friedrich Marwege (1841–1908). Under the title “Historical Chamber Music”, the programs included well-known works from Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary composers in a historical sequence . From 1877 to 1895 Wilhelmine Marstrand was the organizer of chamber music soirées , to which she engaged the participants herself: initially Friedrich Marwege (violoncello) and Louis Bargheer (violin), later also Henry Schradieck , Otokar Kopecký (violin), Magnus Klietz and Albert Gowa (Violoncello). In doing so, she shaped Hamburg's musical life as an independent, independent artist.

Gravestone
in the women's garden

Wilhelmine Marstrand also became increasingly involved as a piano teacher and in 1883 joined the college of the Hamburg Conservatory . Despite declining health, she performed until shortly before her death. In 1903 she died unexpectedly during a recovery cure in Switzerland in Spiez on Lake Thun.

Wilhelmine Marstrand was buried in Hamburg in the Ohlsdorf cemetery opposite the water tower . In honor of her and donated by her circle of friends, the sculptor Wefing created a high black granite tombstone, decorated with his bronze relief motif "Angels making music", with the consolation saying "From unmeasured heights reverberation sounds" engraved underneath. On the occasion of the inauguration, the director of the Philharmonic Orchestra , Max Fiedler , gave the laudatory speech in front of around 200 mourners . After the tomb was closed, the historic stone was placed in the women's garden .

reception

The dedication on the lower part of the tombstone sums up the appreciation for Wilhelmine Marstrand in all areas of her life: "The enthusiastic artist / the loyal colleague / the unforgettable teacher / the beloved friend / memory to be honored."
The professional assessment took place in parallel to the then very successful Clara Schumann , who was also very popular in Hamburg. As early as 1865, Wilhelmine Marstrand's technical ability and her composers' faithful manner of presentation were highlighted, while at the same time, given her relatively hard keystroke, a personal emotionality was missing, which, however, has clearly developed over the years of routine.
As a teacher, Wilhelmine Marstrand was considered to be quite strict, but nonetheless sensitive and always benevolent to the individual advancement of those entrusted to her.

literature

see web link Sophie Drinker Institute

Web links

Commons : Wilhelmine Marstrand  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carl Ferdinand Schmalholz at BLB-Karlsruhe
  2. ^ Dionys Pruckner in German Biography
  3. ↑ Marwege grave at ohlsdorf.familien-nachforschung.de
  4. ↑ Musikalisches Wochenblatt p. 90, Jan. 28, 1870 at Google Books
  5. ↑ Magnus Klietz at Google Books
  6. ↑ Albert Gowa
  7. ↑ Max Fiedler's funeral speech in women's biographies at hamburg.de
  8. ^ March 1865 Frankfurter Nachrichten / Intellektivenblatt at Google Books
  9. ^ Didaskalia March 1865 Didaskalia on Google Books
personal data
SURNAME Marstrand, Wilhelmine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marstrand, Antonie Leopoldine Wilhelmine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and piano teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Donaueschingen
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1903
Place of death Spiez on Lake Thun