Erika Stang
Erika Stang (1 September 1861 - 28 October 1898)[1] was a Norwegian composer and pianist.[2]
Stang was born in Honefoss[3] to Fredrikke Dorothea Kamstrup and Johan Stang.[1] She studied music with Agathe Backer Grøndahl and Hans Barth in Berlin and taught music in Kristiania during the 1880s and 1890s.[4] She also performed as a pianist, and corresponded with pianist Andreas Martin Knutzen([5] According to the Norwegian Historical Association, letters they exchanged between 1887 and 1889 have been archived and translated into English.[6] Stang died in Oslo in 1898.[1]
Stang’s music was published by Carl Warmuth.[7] Her compositions include:
Piano
- Bryllupsmarsch[7]
- Childhood Memories[8]
- Fifteen Four-Hand Pieces for Beginners[8]
- Menuet[9]
Vocal
- Four Songs[8]
- “Vaarvise”[9]
References
- ^ a b c "Erika Stang 1861–1898 – Ancsetors of Iver Neumann-Korsgaard". www.iverneumann.no. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
- ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ Steffens, Haagen Krog (1905). Slægten Stang: bidrag til Fredrikshalds historie (in Danish). Det Mallingske Bogtrykkeri A/S.
- ^ Norske kvinder: en oversigt over deres stilling og livsvilkaar ... 1-3 (in Danish). Berg & Høgh. 1914.
- ^ Boyle, Andrew J. (2017). Delius and Norway. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-78327-199-3.
- ^ Historisk tidsskrift: utgitt av den Norske historiske forening (in Norwegian). Universitetsforlaget. 1951.
- ^ a b Aarbog for ... (in Norwegian). 1897.
- ^ a b c Norsk bokfortegnelse (in Danish). A. Cammermeyer. 1891.
- ^ a b Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.