Julie Waldburg-Wurzach Explained

Princess Julie Furstin von Waldburg-Wurzach (27 April 1841 – 7 December 1914)[1] was an Austrian composer who published over 60 works for voice and/or piano.[2] She was born in Vienna to Count Frans and Frantiska Dubsky von Trebomyslicz.[3] In 1858, she married Prince Eberhard Waldburg-Wurzach, becoming his second wife. They had two daughters, Marie and Elizabeth Sophie.[4]

One of Waldburg-Wurzach's teachers was pianist and composer Julie von Pfeilschifter,[5] who lived with the family at in Württemberg in 1872, then moved with them to Salzburg in 1874.[6] Franz Liszt reviewed Waldburg-Wurzach's compositions in at least one letter in 1874. He suggested a simpler notation for her "Mondlied"; edited the text of "Comme à Vingt Ans"; and noted that her song dedicated to Mme Ehnn, "Liebeshoffnung," "please[d] me particularly."[7]

In addition to composing, Waldburg-Wurzach provided significant help to several people.  In 1875, she used her social contacts at Cotta Verlag (today Klett-Cotta Verlag) to help her half-sister Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach begin publishing some of her writing,[8] She visited Ferdinand von Zeppelin after he crashed his aircraft in Allgau, Germany, on 17 January 1906.[9] In 1908, she helped organize a fundraiser and signed an ad in a Wiesbaden newspaper to raise money for her teacher Julie von Pfeilschifter.

Waldburg-Wurzach's music was published by Bosworth & Company and Carl Ruhle. Her compositions include:[10] [11]

Piano

Vocal

Notes and References

  1. Book: Krasny, Elke. Stadt und Frauen: eine andere Topographie von Wien. 2008. Wienbibliothek im Rathaus. 978-3-902517-78-4. de.
  2. Book: Women Composers: A Biographical Handbook of Women's Work in Music. 1913. Chandler-Ebel. en.
  3. Web site: Gräfin Julie Dubsky von Trebomyslic. 2020-12-31. geni_family_tree. 27 April 1841 . en-US.
  4. Book: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv. 1980. Verlag Herder..
  5. Web site: Julie von Pfeilschifter . MUGI - Musik und Gender im internet. 2020-12-31. de.
  6. Web site: Pfeilschifter [Musik und Musiker am Mittelrhein 2 {{!}} Online]]. 2020-12-31. mmm2.mugemir.de.
  7. Book: Liszt, Franz. From Rome to the end. 1894. Charles Scribner's Sons. en.
  8. Tanzer. Ulrike. 2006. Review of Letzte Chancen. Vier Einakter von Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. (MHRA Critical Texts 3), ; Macht des Weibes. Zwei historische Tragödien von Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. (MHRA Critical Texts 4), Susanne Kord. Austrian Studies. 14. 354–356. 10.1353/aus.2006.0037 . 27944818. 245845849 . 1350-7532.
  9. Web site: Illerschorsch - Sprache und Land. 2020-12-31. www.illerschorsch.de.
  10. Book: Cohen, Aaron I.. International encyclopedia of women composers. 1987. 0-9617485-2-4. Second edition, revised and enlarged. New York. 16714846.
  11. Web site: Julie von Waldburg-Wurzach, Fürstin (b. 1841) - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive. 2020-12-31. www.lieder.net.
  12. Book: Eicker, Isabel. Kinderstücke: an Kinder adressierte und über das Thema der Kindheit komponierte Alben in der Klavierliteratur des 19. Jahrhunderts. 1995. Gustav Bosse Verlag. 978-3-7649-2623-6. de.
  13. Book: Neue Berliner Musikzeitung. 1875. Bote & Bock. de.
  14. Book: Revue belge de musicologie. 2003. Société belge de musicologie. fr.
  15. Book: Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung. 1873. Breitkopf & Härtel.. de.
  16. Book: Hofmeister, Adolf Moritz. Hofmeisters Handbuch der Musikliteratur. 1893. F. Hofmeister. de.
  17. Book: Neues Fremden-Blatt. 1872. Isidor Heller u. Wilhelm Wiener. de.

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