Grete von Zieritz

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Grete von Zieritz (10 March 1899 – 26 November 2001) was an Austrian-German composer and pianist. Grete von Zieritz was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of peerage, and grew up in Vienna, Innsbruck and Graz. She received her first piano lessons at the age of six, and later studied with Hugo Kroemer (piano) and Roderick Mojsisovics (composition). She gave her first concert at age eight. In Berlin, she continued her studies with Martin Krause, a student of Franz Liszt, and Rudolf Maria Breithaupt. After the successful performance of her "Japanese Songs" in 1921, she decided to become a composer. Von Zieritz worked as a music teacher and continued to study in Berlin from 1926 to 1931 under Franz Schreker. In 1939 she was the only woman at the International Music Festival in Frankfurt Main among composers from 18 nations. In 2009 in Vienna Donaustadt the Zieritzgasse was named after her. She died in Berlin in 2001. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Cancan phantastique. Allegro

Zieritz: Orchestral Works

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Die Zwanziger Jahre

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Musik zwischen den Kriegen

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Berlin 1920-26 (AGP35)

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Musik zwischen den Kriegen, Vol. 1: Die Zwanziger Jahre

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Music Between The World Wars: A Berlin Documentation

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Berlin 1920-26 - AGP35

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Grete von Zieritz : Kassandra-Rufe

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Kassandra-Rufe - Concertino - Zigeuner-Romanze (Boettcher, Philharmonisches Oktett Berlin, Goebel)

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Musik zwischen den Kriegen - Berlin 1920-26 (AGP35)

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Kassandra-Rufe nach zehn Bildern von Christoph Niess mit Deutungen der Komponistin für acht Solo-Instrument und Nonett - Mitglieder der Orchester-Akademie des Berliner Philharmonischen Orchesters, Horst Gobel, Grete von Zieritz (Introduktionen)

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