Corona Schröter (1751-1802)
- Die Fischerin (1781)
Performers: Ulrike Stаude (soprano); Markus Schäfеr (tenor); Ekkehard
Abеle (bass);
Michael Frеimuth (guitar); Gerald Hаmbitzеr (fortepiano)
Painting: Johann Peter Hasenclever (1810-1853) - Young woman at the open window looking at the full moon
Further info: Corona Schröter (1751-1802)
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German singer, actress and composer. Daughter of the oboist Johann
Friedrich Schröter (1724-1811), her earliest instruction was from her
father and later from Johann Adam Hiller with whom she appeared in
Hiller’s Grand Concerts in Leipzig. In 1776 a friendship with Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe led to an appointment as a chamber musician at the
Weimar court of Princess Anna Amalia. Although this was dissolved in
1783, she continued to live there supporting herself through lessons and
through her musical salons. She and a companion moved to Ilmenau in
1801 in a vain attempt to recover from a lung disease. The bulk of her
compositional efforts were dedicated toward Lieder (compiled in two
collections from 1786 and 1794), of which 41 have survived, including an
early setting of Goethe’s Der Erlkönig. In addition she composed 360
Italian airs and duets (lost), as well as music for two Singspiels. Her
brothers Johann Samuel Schroeter (1753-1788) and Johann Heinrich
Schröter (c.1760-after 1784) were musicians and composers, and her
sister Marie Henriette Schröter (1766-after 1804) was a singer, active
in Darmstadt court.
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