Magdalene Schauss-Flake

Magdalene Schauss-Flake (25 July 1921 – 24 September 2008) was a German composer and organist who gave recitals throughout the United States and Europe.[1][2][3]

Biography edit

Schauss-Flake was born in Essen, where she studied church music at the Folkwang School while working as a jazz musician in bars. Her teachers included Hans Chemin-Petit, Siegfried Reda, and Ludwig Weber. She married a minister named Schauss and they had three children. Schauss-Flake taught at a music academy in Szczecin, Poland, and worked as a church musician in Germany in Anklam, Essen-Altendorf, and Essen-Kupferdreh. She gave organ recitals throughout the United States and Europe. She is buried in Burgsponheim, Germany.[3]

Schauss-Flake’s works have been recorded commercially on LPs by Capella 3 (today known as Cantate); Carus-Verlag; Lauda; and MDG (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus Und Grimm).[1][2] Her compositions are published by Carus-Verlag, Presto Music, Strube Musikverlag, and Tezak Verlag. Her works include:

Chamber edit

  • Serenade (4 trombones)[4]
  • Suite in G (brass and woodwinds)[5]
  • Variationen ueber das Lied ‘es ist ein Schnitter (trombone and narrator)[1]
  • Variationen ueber ein Thema von Anton Dvorak (trumpet and trombone)[1]

Vocal edit

  • “Befiehl dem Herrn deine Wege”[1]
  • Der Morgensternn ist aufgedrungen (soprano, choir, and 6 wind instruments; text by Daniel Rumpius) [1]
  • “Du meine Seele singe”[1]
  • “Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt” (Psalm 100)[6]
  • “Jauchzet, ihr Himmel”[1]
  • “Nun lasst uns Gott, dem Herren”[1]
  • Ohren gabst du mir (choir; text by Paul Ernst Ruppel)[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: Books & Music USA Inc. p. 620. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  2. ^ a b "Magdalene Schauß-Flake". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  3. ^ a b Freitag, Helmut (2017). Komponisten der Naheregion Gerhard Fischer-Münster - Fridel Grenz - Magdalene Schauss-Flake - Dieter Wellmann : Studien zur regionalen Kirchenmusik unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Werke für Orgel. Tectum Verlag ([1. Auflage] ed.). Marburg. ISBN 978-3-8288-3979-3. OCLC 1001340560.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Music, Books on Music, and Sound Recordings. Library of Congress. 1984.
  5. ^ Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
  6. ^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. p. 64. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.

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