Louise Witzig

Louise Witzig (1901 – 9 January 1969) was a Swiss photographer, composer and folklorist, researcher of traditional costumes, folk dances and customs. She wrote booklets of Swiss folk dances, with accompanying music, and wrote and arranged dance tunes. Witzig was a member of the executive board of the International Folk Music Council.

Life Louise Witzig was born in 1901. Her father was a lawyer in Winterthur, and her mother came from the Neuchâtel Jura. Witzig was educated at the Cantonal School in Winterthur, where she was a student of Professor Rudolf Hunziker, followed by the Ecole Sociale in Geneva. She gathered together Swiss folk costumers and singers in the summer of 1932 for a week of traditional activities, which became an annual event, taught by Alfred Stern, Louise Witzig, and Inge Baer-Grau. As her mother became elderly, Witzig gave up her work to care for her, although she continued to edit the magazine Heimatleben. 12 Schweizer Tänze. Schweizerische Tanzweisen mit Tanzanweisungen. Zürich (in collaboration with Alfred und Klara Stern and Ingeborg Grau). Volkstänze der Schweiz. Heft 1.' Grundschritte – Paartänze – 12 Tanzweisen. Zürich , 2. Auflage (in collaboration with Alfred Stern). Volkstänze der Schweiz. Heft 2: Volkstänze der alemannischen Schweiz. Zürich . Schweizer Trachtenbuch mit 60 Farbtafeln und 200 Schwarzweiss-Abbildungen, , in the German language, 279 pages.