Kateřina Emingerová facts for kids

Kateřina Emingerová (born July 13, 1856 – died September 9, 1934) was a talented Czech composer, pianist, and music teacher. She also wrote many books, essays, and articles about music.

Early Life and Music Studies

Kateřina Emingerová was born in Prague. Her father, Jan Eminger, was a lawyer. Her sister, Helena, became a famous painter.

Kateřina started her music studies early. She learned from many important teachers. Some of them were Bedřich Smetana and Zdeněk Fibich. She began composing music when she was just thirteen years old. At nineteen, she performed her first solo concert.

In the 1870s, Kateřina started composing dances. Her polkas were very popular at balls in Prague. She also wrote music for orchestras, choirs, and solo singers.

In 1890, she started working at the Prague Conservatory. This is a famous music school. She first helped students as an accompanist. Later, in 1911, she became a professor. She taught piano and chamber music. Kateřina worked at the Conservatory for 38 years. She retired in 1928.

Writing About Music

Kateřina Emingerová continued to perform music. She also gave lectures about music. Some of these lectures were later published as books and articles.

She helped publish old Czech composers' music. In the early 1900s, she wrote for women's magazines. These included Female World and New Woman. She used these platforms to promote other women composers. Some of these composers were Fanny Mendelssohn and Cécile Chaminade.

Kateřina also wrote for music journals like Dalibor. She contributed to Czech newspapers too. She reviewed performances at famous places. These included the National Theatre and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. She also wrote essays about teaching music to children.

Kateřina Emingerová's writings are kept in several places. You can find them at the Prague Conservatory library. They are also at the National Museum.

Musical Works

Here are some of Kateřina Emingerová's musical pieces:

Piano Works (2 hands)

• Inventions
• Concert Etude
• Reminders (1872)
• Neighborhood
• Mignonette-Polka (1875)
• Ni-Polka (1877–1878)
• Sychrovská Galop (1879)
• Tarantella, Op. 4 (around 1882)
• Polka melancholic
• Valse mignonne

Piano Works (4 hands)

• Festive March (1899)
• Lullaby

Works for Violin and Piano

• Polonaise
• Sonata (1881)

Songs for Voice and Piano

• An Dich (lyrics by Maria Janitschek)
• Weiss das sie ja schon lange
• Frühlingslied (1880)
• Star of Hope (1880)
• Gute Nacht (1889)
• It seemed to me that you 'died (1890)
• Two songs for high voice
• Old-songs (1930)
• Two songs for high voice with piano accompaniment
• Believe me, the bloom on the wings of a butterfly
• How Gem (1883)
• Just watch
• Werners Jung Lied
• People were talking
• Liebeszauber
• The thickness of the eye (1880)
• Prayer (1880)
• In heaven and on earth
• Piper (1896)
• Pilgrim
• Kovařovic Andula (1896)
• You as a dreamy sky
• Evening Song
• Princess Dandelion (1901)

Songs for Two Voices with Piano

• Three Czech Folksongs (1880)
• I would like
• Duets for Female Voices
• Star and hope (lyrics by Elizabeth Krásnohorská)

Women's Choirs

• Four songs for women's voices (1900)
• Duets for Female Voices
• Svatvečer

Men's Choirs

• Torches here!
• Spouses
• Funny Chorus for four male voices (1901)

Mixed Choirs

• O salutaris Away (1901)

Orchestral Songs

• Reminders (polka, 1872)
• Rusalka (polka, 1873)
• Sparks (gallop)
• Off (gallop, 1874)
• Zefyri (gallop, 1875)
• Mignonette (Polka, 1875)
• Josephine (gallop, 1878)
• Sychrovská (gallop, 1879)
• Slavic bouquet (Quadrille, 1879)
• Forest Legend (Quadrille, 1880)
• Waltz (1882)
• Memories of the castle Eisenberg (Quadrille, 1882)
• Tarantella (1882)

See also

In Spanish: Kateřina Emingerová para niños