Background
Grete von Zieritz was born in Vienna, Austria into a noble family, and grew up in Vienna, Innsbruck and Graz.
composer music educator pianist
Grete von Zieritz was born in Vienna, Austria into a noble family, and grew up in Vienna, Innsbruck and Graz.
She received her first piano lessons at the age of six, and later studied with Hugo Kroemer (piano) and Roderick Mojsisovics (composition).
She gave her first concert at age eight. In Berlin, she continued her studies with Martin Krause, a student of Franz Liszt, and Rudolf Maria Breithaupt. After the successful performance of her "Japanese Songs" in 1921, she decided to become a composer.
In 1939 she was the only woman at the International Music Festival in Frankfurt am Main among composers from 18 nations.
In 2009 in Vienna Donaustadt the Zieritzgasse was named after her. She died in Berlin in 2001.
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