Else Streit

Else Streit (born 27 July 1869) was a German composer,¹ pianist,² teacher, and violinist.³

Streit was born in Lauenburg, Pomerania, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. She studied music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory and the Stern Conservatory.⁴ Her teachers included Heinrich Deeke, Gustav Hollaender, Stephan Krehl and Max Loewengar.⁵

Streit taught violin, piano, and music theory at the Bromberg Conservatory, the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, and the New Conservatory, Charlottenburg. She also taught privately in Berlin.⁵

Streit's music, in opus numbers through at least 25, was published by Adolf Martin Schlesinger.⁵ Her compositions include:

Chamber

Romance in B minor (violin and piano)⁵
Sonata (violin and piano)

Opera

St. Nikolaus und seine Gehilfen⁴

Orchestra

Festmarsch for Infantry⁵
Symphonietta (string orchestra)⁵
Theme and Variations⁵

Vocal

Drei Lieder, opus 25⁵
"Es war einmal", opus 7⁵
"Psalm" (soprano, violin and organ)⁵
Vier Lieder, opus 21⁵
Vier Lieder, opus 22⁵
"Weihnacht"⁵

References

Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in Music : An Encyclopedic Biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. . ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
Pedigo, Alan (1995). International Encyclopedia of Violin-keyboard Sonatas and Composer Biographies. Arriaga Publications. p. . ISBN 978-0-9606356-2-7.
Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. p. .
McVicker, Mary F. (2016-08-09). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. McFarland. p. . ISBN 978-0-7864-9513-9.
Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. p. . ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[1] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in Music : An Encyclopedic Biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. . ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[2] Pedigo, Alan (1995). International Encyclopedia of Violin-keyboard Sonatas and Composer Biographies. Arriaga Publications. p. . ISBN 978-0-9606356-2-7.

[3] Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan. p. .

[:0-4] McVicker, Mary F. (2016-08-09). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. McFarland. p. . ISBN 978-0-7864-9513-9.

[:1-5] Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. p. . ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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