Herma Studeny

Herma Studeny (4 January 1886 - 28 June 1973) was a German violin virtuoso,[1] composer,[2] and author who is best remembered today for writing the Book of the Violin. [3]

Studeny was born in Munich[1] to Hermine Niemeczek and medical doctor Alfred S. Studeny. She married the painter Julius Nitsche in 1921.[4]

Studeny made her debut as a violinist in 1903. She attended the Prague Conservatory, where she studied with Antonin Dvorak and Otakar Sevcik, and later with Richard Schrammel.[5] Studeny’s students included Joseph “Nipso” Brantner,[6] Juan Wolfgang Granat,[7] Herbert Hirschmann, Michael Mann, and Gerhard Seitz.[3]

Studeny said that her “credo” was three bars of the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita No. 2.[8] She performed as a soloist, and also formed the Studeny String Quartet in Munich with Alf Beckmann, Lotte Harburger, and Karl List.[9] Guenter Henle sometimes accompanied her on the piano.[10] Her performing career slowed after World War II when she was accused of belonging to the Third Reich’s Chamber of Music, but she eventually resumed performing.[3]

Studeny’s violin book was published by Gustav Bosse.[11] Her publications include:

Books
  • Book of the Violin[12]
  • Glass Mountain: From My Life[13]
  • Mintrels’ Ways: Poems[13]

Music
  • Four Suites for Violin[5]

References
  1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. "Herma Studeny - zxc.wiki". de.zxc.wiki. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  4. Who's who in Germany. Intercontinental Book and Publishing Company, German editor R. Oldenbourg Verlag. 1964.
  5. "Herma Studeny". www.kotte-autographs.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Nipso Brantner". DjangoBooks Forum. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  7. Cummings, David M. (2000). International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory: (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-948875-53-3.
  8. Mitchell, M. K. (2019). The Revival of the Baroque Violin (thesis) (PDF). Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis.
  9. Cobbett, Walter Willson; Mason, Colin (1963). Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Oxford University Press.
  10. Henle, Gunter (1971). Three Spheres: a Life in Politics, Business and Music: The Autobiography of Guenter Henle. H. Regnery.
  11. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1932). Catalog of Copyright Entries. New Series: 1932. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
  12. Studeny, Herma (1932). Das büchein vom geigen (in German). Bosse.
  13. Studeny, Herma. "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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