Frieda Schmitt-Lermann

Frieda Schmitt-Lermann (born 24 May 1885) was a German composer and pianist who wrote music for orchestra, television, theatre and voice.

Life

Schmitt-Lermann was born in Würzburg. She studied piano privately in Augsburg, then studied composition in Munich with Josef Schmid. Little is known about Schmitt-Lermann’s personal life.

Schmitt-Lermann’s Kompositionen fuer Violine und Klavier was recorded commercially  on LP KASKA 1 BLN 30. Her music was published by Boehm & Sohn and Otto Halbreiter. Her compositions included:

Chamber

• Kompositionen fuer Violine und Klavier

Orchestra

• Allerseelen Symphonic Poem
• Indische Maerchen Symphonic Poem
• Serenade

Theatre

• Das Lied von der Glocke (text by Friedrich Schiller)
• music for television

Vocal

• Das Lied von der Glocke (choir and piano; text by Friedrich Schiller)
• Deutsche Schulmesse (two voices and organ)
• Drei Lieder
• Graduale fuer Mariae Empfangnis (choir and organ)
• “Liebeslied”
• “Lied vor de Trauung”
• Mass in F
• Offertorium fuer Christi Himmelfahrt (choir and orchestra)
• Songs
• “Vor der Trennung: wenn ich mit Menschen und mit Engelzungen”

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