Hildegard Quiel

Hildegard Quiel (23 April 1888 - 14 July 1971)[1] was a German composer and pianist who wrote music for instruments, voice,[2] and the theatre.[3] She composed 25 lieder based on texts by Hermann Hesse.[4]

Life and works

Quiel was born in Berlin, where her father Reinhold Quiel was a professor at the Berlin Main Cadet Academy. She studied at the Berlin Academy of Music (today the Berlin University of the Arts) from 1909 to 1913. Her teachers included Elisabeth Kuyper[3] and Engelbert Humperdinck.[5] She died in Weiler im Allgäu.[1]

Quiel was a member of the American Society of Composer, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).[6] Her music was published by Paragon Verlag,[3] and included:

Chamber

  • Trio (violin, cello and piano)[7]
  • Sonata (violin and piano)[7]

Theatre

Vocal

  • 25 lieder (texts by Herman Hesse)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Objekt-Metadaten". mugi.hfmt-hamburg.de. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  2. ^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice. A reference publication in women's studies. Boston, Mass: Hall. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8161-8498-9.
  3. ^ a b c d e Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music USA. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.
  4. ^ a b "Hildegard Quiel Song Texts | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  5. ^ Wier, Albert E. (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 1484.
  6. ^ Publishers, American Society of Composers, Authors and (1936). List of Members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and Affiliated Societies.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b Cobbett, Walter Willson (1930). Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music. Oxford University Press, H. Milford.
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