Emilie Zumsteeg

Among the songs composed by Zumsteeg was Morgenfreude (1:31)

Emilie Zumsteeg (December 9, 1796 – August 1, 1857) was a German choir conductor, songwriter, singer, composer, and pianist.

She was born and lived her whole life in Stuttgart. Her father, composer Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760-1802),[1] died when she was six, but her mother Luise Andreä Zumsteeg (1760-1837), ran a music store which maintained her interest. She showed a facility at sight-reading and cultivated a circle of talented musicians.

In 1830, Zumsteeg founded the first female choir in the region of Württemberg (which includes Stuttgart). She earned her livelihood through music lessons.[2]

Her compositions include about 60 songs, an overture, piano compositions, and three polonaises. She was perhaps best known for her songs, which became popular in her homeland and beyond.[2][3] One song in particular was later used by the Russian Baptist leader Ivan Prokhanov, and became widely known as the "Prisoners' Song".[4]

Web sources

  1. ↑ Women Making Music: The Western Art Tradition, 1150-1950 By Jane M. Bowers, Judith Tick pg 228
  2. 1 2 "Emilie Zumsteeg", Musik und Gender im Internet (in German).
  3. ↑ Woman's Work in Music By Arthur Elson: pgs 159-160
  4. ↑ Video on YouTube


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