Magdalene Schauss-Flake (25 July 1921 â 24 September 2008) was a German composer and organist who gave recitals throughout the United States and Europe.
Schauss-Flake was born in Essen, where she studied church music at the Folkwang School while working as a jazz musician in bars. Her teachers included Hans Chemin-Petit, Siegfried Reda, and Ludwig Weber. She married a minister named Schauss and they had three children. Schauss-Flake taught at a music academy in Szczecin, Poland, and worked as a church musician in Germany in Anklam, Essen-Altendorf, and Essen-Kupferdreh. She gave organ recitals throughout the United States and Europe. She is buried in Burgsponheim, Germany.
Schauss-FlakeâÂÂs works have been recorded commercially on LPs by Capella 3 (today known as Cantate); Carus-Verlag; Lauda; and MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus Und Grimm). Her compositions are published by Carus-Verlag, Presto Music, Strube Musikverlag, and Tezak Verlag. Her works include: