Norwegian composer Agathe Backer-Gröndahl (1847-1907) studied piano with Franz Liszt and became a concert pianist well-known for performing Chopin and Beethoven. She took some time off performing when she married, but when her husband supported her return to performing, she started playing her own music!

In case you want to try the Tongue Twister we mentioned: Im dichten Fichtendickicht nicken dicke Fichten tüchtig

Much of the information this season comes from Karin Pendle's Women and Music: A History.

Musical clips performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, and Ellen Rissinger, piano:

Op 14 Deutsche Lieder

• No 1 Ein Fichtenbaum
• No 5 Unruhe

Op 60 Deutsche Liebeslieder

• No 3 Namenloses Weh
• No 5 Es muss was Wunderbares sein

Recorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.

Exactly Counter--Ellen 1, Toni 0

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