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Johanna Senfter
Johanna Senfter (27 November 1879 – 11 August 1961) was a German composer.
Johanna Senfter was born in 1879 as the youngest of the six children of Elise and Georg Senfter. Her maternal grandfather was the Oppenheim pharmacist and quinine manufacturer Friedrich Koch (1786-1865), who succeeded in extracting an antipyretic and anti-infective agent from cinchona bark to combat malaria, which was rampant in Oppenheim at the time. To produce this quinine, he set up his own pharmaceutical factory. The successful production of the drug enabled the Koch family's social and financial upswing. The son of company founder, Carl Koch, eventually became mayor and, thanks to his achievements in this office, an honorary citizen of the town.
Johanna's father, Georg Senfter, owner of a brickworks, coal and timber business, was also considered wealthy. He married Elise, Carl Koch's sister, and acquired the imposing Sparrhof, an old aristocratic residence, including the vineyard, which had previously belonged to the von Cronberg family. In 1864, he joined Carl Koch's quinine company as managing director, co-entrepreneur and financier.
Both families belonged to the upper social class, led a prosperous life and owned a large house.
Johanna Senfter and her four sisters were brought up in girls' boarding schools and received piano and singing lessons in line with the educational ideals of the time. Her art-loving and music-loving parents supported their daughter Johanna's talent, which was already evident in her early childhood. A severe case of diphtheria between the ages of 9 and 13 brought an abrupt break in her hitherto carefree childhood. Although she recovered, her unstable health had a major impact on her life afterwards.
After her recovery, she attended the Frielinghaus Institute in Frankfurt, a recognized boarding school for girls. From 1895, at the age of 16, she studied music theory and composition under Iwan Knorr, violin under Adolf Rebner, piano under Karl Friedberg and organ under Prof. Gelhaar at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. After 8 years of study, she received her diploma in June 1903, but wanted to expand and deepen her musical knowledge and compositional technique.
From March 1908 to 1910, she was a pupil of Max Reger (from October 1908 in Reger's composition class at the Leipzig Royal Conservatory), who encouraged her in her stylistic independence, emphasized her excellent musical talent and described her as his best pupil. She completed her studies at the conservatory with distinction in July 1909.
In 1910, she received the Arthur Nikisch Prize for the best student composition of the previous year.
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Johanna Senfter
Johanna Senfter (27 November 1879 – 11 August 1961) was a German composer.
Johanna Senfter was born in 1879 as the youngest of the six children of Elise and Georg Senfter. Her maternal grandfather was the Oppenheim pharmacist and quinine manufacturer Friedrich Koch (1786-1865), who succeeded in extracting an antipyretic and anti-infective agent from cinchona bark to combat malaria, which was rampant in Oppenheim at the time. To produce this quinine, he set up his own pharmaceutical factory. The successful production of the drug enabled the Koch family's social and financial upswing. The son of company founder, Carl Koch, eventually became mayor and, thanks to his achievements in this office, an honorary citizen of the town.
Johanna's father, Georg Senfter, owner of a brickworks, coal and timber business, was also considered wealthy. He married Elise, Carl Koch's sister, and acquired the imposing Sparrhof, an old aristocratic residence, including the vineyard, which had previously belonged to the von Cronberg family. In 1864, he joined Carl Koch's quinine company as managing director, co-entrepreneur and financier.
Both families belonged to the upper social class, led a prosperous life and owned a large house.
Johanna Senfter and her four sisters were brought up in girls' boarding schools and received piano and singing lessons in line with the educational ideals of the time. Her art-loving and music-loving parents supported their daughter Johanna's talent, which was already evident in her early childhood. A severe case of diphtheria between the ages of 9 and 13 brought an abrupt break in her hitherto carefree childhood. Although she recovered, her unstable health had a major impact on her life afterwards.
After her recovery, she attended the Frielinghaus Institute in Frankfurt, a recognized boarding school for girls. From 1895, at the age of 16, she studied music theory and composition under Iwan Knorr, violin under Adolf Rebner, piano under Karl Friedberg and organ under Prof. Gelhaar at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. After 8 years of study, she received her diploma in June 1903, but wanted to expand and deepen her musical knowledge and compositional technique.
From March 1908 to 1910, she was a pupil of Max Reger (from October 1908 in Reger's composition class at the Leipzig Royal Conservatory), who encouraged her in her stylistic independence, emphasized her excellent musical talent and described her as his best pupil. She completed her studies at the conservatory with distinction in July 1909.
In 1910, she received the Arthur Nikisch Prize for the best student composition of the previous year.