Emilie Mayer
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Emilie Luise Frederica Mayer was a German Romantic music composer who became one of the most prolific female composers of the 19th century. Often called the "Female Beethoven," Mayer composed eight sy
Lithograph of Mayer based on a drawing by Pauline Suhrlandt
Emilie Mayer
The composer's grave at the Holy Trinity Church, Berlin
Fanny Hensel
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Fanny Cäcilie Hensel née Mendelssohn was a German composer and pianist of the early Romantic era, also known as Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Her compositions number over 450, and include a string quar
Hensel, 1842
Carl Friedrich Zelter – portrait by Carl Begas (1827)
Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy, as drawn by Fanny's husband Wilhelm Hensel
Felix Mendelssohn aged 12 (1821) by Carl Begas