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
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:
Ohren gabst du mir (choir; text by Paul Ernst Ruppel)[1]
References
12345678910Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlargeded.). New York: Books & Music USA Inc. p.620. ISBN0-9617485-2-4. OCLC16714846.
↑Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers: a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. p.64. ISBN0-8161-8498-4. OCLC6815939.
