About Elisabeth Meyer
Lived 1859 – 1927 (aged 67). Elisabeth Meyer was a Danish composer.
Katharina Elisabeth Tuxen Meyer (b. 19 July 1859, d. 4 July 1927) was a Danish composer. She was born in Svendborg, Denmark, sister of singer Marie English. She studied music with her mother and possibly composers Hans Jørgen Malling and Ludwig Birkedal Barford. She married and had four children, and died in Copenhagen. She published under the name Elisabeth Tuxen.
Works Meyer wrote about sixty songs and a cantata (lost). Selected works include: The Lark Berceuse for violin and pianoforte Naar Duggen falder for pianoforte
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Danish composer
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Elisabeth Meyer was born on 19 July 1859 in Svendborg.
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Elisabeth Meyer died on 4 July 1927 in Copenhagen.
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Elisabeth Meyer was a composer.
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Elisabeth Meyer was Danish.
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· DBpedia: Elisabeth Meyer (composer)
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