Elizabeth Gyring facts for kids
Elizabeth Gyring (born in 1886, died in 1970) was a talented American composer. She was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father, Leopold Rethy, was a doctor who specialized in throats.
Elizabeth studied music at the Vienna Academy of Music. She learned from famous teachers like Joseph Marx and Ludwig Gzaczkes. Her early musical pieces were very successful in cities like Berlin and Vienna.
She married Otto Geiringer. In 1939, they moved to the United States. Elizabeth Gyring became an American citizen. She passed away in New York City in 1970. Her important papers and musical works are kept at Washington State University.
What Music Did She Write?
Elizabeth Gyring wrote many different kinds of music. She created pieces for choirs (groups of singers) and for orchestras (large groups of instruments). She also wrote chamber music, which is for smaller groups of instruments. She composed for the organ and for single instruments too.
Famous Pieces
Some of her well-known works include:
- The reign of violence is over (This piece used words from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.)
- Piano Sonata No.2 (written in 1957)
- Hymn of Gratitude (written in 1948)
- Arabesque for bassoon (The bassoon is a large woodwind instrument.)
Recordings of Her Music
You can find her music on CDs. One recording is called Harrison/ Perry/ Gyring, which came out in 2010.
