Berta Bock

Berta Johanna Amalie Bock née Spech (15 March 1857 – 4 April 1945) was a Romanian composer. She was born in Hermannstadt, Transylvania, Austrian Empire (now Sibiu, Romania) and also taught piano and voice. She died in Sibiu.

Works

Brock composed an opera, several ballets and songs for voice and piano. Selected works include:

• Die Pfingstkrone, opera
• Die alte Linde, op. 10 no. 4 (Text: Anna Schullerus)
• Ich sah im Felde, op. 12 no. 5 (Text: R. Kandt)
• Noch bin ich jung, op. 6 no. 3 (Text: Helene Tiedemann)
• Über den Bergen, op. 9 no. 1 (Text: Karl (or Carl) Busse)
• Vor der Schmiede, op. 7 no. 1 (Text: Reinhard Volker)

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