MAYER, Emilie
(1821–1883)> SCULPTRESS · COMPOSER
MAYER, Emilie German sculptress and composer. Friedland, Mecklenburg, May 14, 1821; Berlin, April 10, 1883. She received her first piano lessons from the organist, Driver and when her talent became apparent she went to Stettin and became a pupil of Carl Loewe. Her first compositions were dances and variations. In 1847 she went to Berlin and studied fugue and counterpoint under B.A. Marx and orchestration under Wieprecht. Three years later she gave the first concert of her own works, consisting…