Magdalene Schauss-Flake (25 July 1921 – 24 September 2008) was a German composer and organist who gave recitals throughout the United States and Europe.
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.
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). Her compositions are published by Carus-Verlag, Presto Music, Strube Musikverlag, and Tezak Verlag. Her works include:
Chamber
- Serenade (4 trombones)
- Suite in G (brass and woodwinds)
- Variationen ueber das Lied ‘es ist ein Schnitter (trombone and narrator)
- Variationen ueber ein Thema von Anton Dvorak (trumpet and trombone)
Vocal
- “Befiehl dem Herrn deine Wege”
- Der Morgensternn ist aufgedrungen (soprano, choir, and 6 wind instruments; text by Daniel Rumpius)
- “Du meine Seele singe”
- “Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt” (Psalm 100)
- “Jauchzet, ihr Himmel”
- “Nun lasst uns Gott, dem Herren”
- Ohren gabst du mir (choir; text by Paul Ernst Ruppel)
References
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: Books & Music USA Inc. p. 620. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
- ^ "Magdalene Schauß-Flake". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ Freitag, Helmut (2017). Komponisten der Naheregion Gerhard Fischer-Münster - Fridel Grenz - Magdalene Schauss-Flake - Dieter Wellmann : Studien zur regionalen Kirchenmusik unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Werke für Orgel. Tectum Verlag ( ed.). Marburg. ISBN 978-3-8288-3979-3. OCLC 1001340560.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Music, Books on Music, and Sound Recordings. Library of Congress. 1984.
- Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
- Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. p. 64. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.