Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf

Ingeborg Starck was born in Saint Petersburg, the daughter of Finland-Swedish parents Margareta Åkerman and Otto Starck (originally Tarkiain[en]) who were living in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where her father, a court saddle-maker, was involved in commerce. Her native language was Swedish. Having shown musical gifts from a young age, she studied piano with and Adolf Henselt, as well as composition with . She completed her studies in Weimar with Franz Liszt. During a stay in Paris in 1861 her friends included composers such as Auber, Berlioz, Rossini and Wagner. In September of the same year, she married fellow pianist-composer Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, a member of Liszt's circle whom she had met in Weimar. Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf toured Europe as a concert pianist until 1867, when she was expected to cease work due to her husband's appointment as general manager of the Royal Theatre in Hanover. She remained musically active as a composer of opera, chamber and instrumental music and a large number of songs. Earlier, she had composed a piano concerto (1863), now lost. During her lifetime her operas were successfully produced in many theatres in Germany. She died in Munich. ==Works==

Operas • Die Göttin von Sais (1867) • Jery und Bätely (1873) • König Hiarne (1891) • Die Sühne (1909) Concertos • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F-minor (1863) Orchestral works • Kaiser Wilhelm March (1872) Chamber music • Romanze in A minor for violin and piano (1873) • Notturno in A minor for cello and piano, op. 13 (1879) • Elegie in C major for cello and piano, op. 14 (1879) • Romanze in B-flat major for cello and piano, op. 15 (1879) • Phantasie for violin and piano, op. 21 (1891) Piano music • Trois études (1855) • Nocturne (1855) • Tarantella (1855) • Fuge über die Namen Maria und Martha (von Sabinin) (1859) • Fugues (1859) • Variations on themes by Bach (1859) • Variations (1859) • Toccatas (1859) • Sonata (1859) • Kaiser Wilhelm March (1871) • Vier Clavierstücke (1874) • Drei Phantasie in G-sharp minor, op. 18 (1891) Choral music • Hurrah Germania! for male choir (1871) • Kennst du die rothe Rose? for soloists male choir and mixed choir (1873) • Easter Lied, for choir, op. 27 (1903) Songs • Die Loreley (1865) :(Text: Heinrich Heine) • Und ob der holde Tag vergangen (1870) • Three Lieder (1871) :(Text: A. Dunker, E. Neubauer, H. Zeise) • Three Lieder (1872) :(Text: Heine, O. Roquette) :... 3. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet • Five Lieder (1878) :(Text: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, August von Platen, Friedrich Rückert) • Six Lieder by Mirza Schaffy, op. 8 (1879) :(Text: Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt after Mirza Shafi Vazeh) :1. Zuléikha; 2. Im Garten klagt die Nachtigall; 3. Wenn der Frühling auf die Berge steigt; 4. Gelb rollt mir zu Füßen; 5. Die helle Sonne leuchtet; 6. Ich fühle deinen Odem • Hafisa: Three Lieder by Mirza Schaffy, op. 9 (1879) :(Text: Bodenstedt after Mirza Shafi) • 6 Poems, op. 10 (1879) :(Text: Bodenstedt) :1. Mir träumte einst ein schöner Traum; 2. Abschied vom Kaukasus; 3. Wie lächeln die Augen; 4. Nachtigall, o Nachtigall; 5. Das Vöglein; 6. Sing, mit Sonnenaufgang singe • Five Christmas Lieder, op. 11 (1880) :(Text: Jakobi) • Five Poems, op. 12 (1880) :(Text: Bodenstedt) • Röslein auf Haiden (1880–1885) :(Text: Richard Voss) • Five Poems, op. 16 (1882) :(Text: Ernst von Wildenbruch) :1. Abendlied; 2. Ständchen; 3. Zwei Sträusse; 4. Der Blumenstrauss 5. Letzte Bitte • Twelve Nursery Rhymes, op. 17 (1882) : (Text: Klaus Groth) • Wie dich die warme Luft umscherzt“ (?) • Blumengruss (1888) : (Text: Goethe) • Six Poems, op. 20 (1891) : (Text: Michail Lermontov) • Three Poems, op. 22 (1891) : (Text: Peter Cornelius) • Three Lieder, op. 23 (1892) : (Text: Goethe, Nikolaus Lenau, Platen) • Im Lenz (1898) : (Text: Paul Heyse) • Rappelle-toi! op. 24 (1902) : (Text: Alfred de Musset) • Three Lieder, op. 25 (1902) : (Text: Bodenstedt, Goethe, Heine) : ... 3. Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen (Heine) • Abschied, op. 26 (1902) : (Text: Felix Dahn) • Lieder, (c. 1903) : (Text: Bodenstedt) • Verwandlung (1910) : (Text: Paul Heyse) • Lieder (1910) ==References==