Maria Elisabeth, Countess of Schlick (German:Maria Elisabeth, Gräfin von Schlick zu Bassano und Weißkirchen,Czech:Marie Alžběta Šliková; c. 1790 – 14 December 1855) was a Bohemia-born composer and poet. She composed music for lieder[1] and also wrote poetry that other composers set to music. She published under the nameCountess Elise Schlick orGräfin Elise Schlick.[2] Although Schlick is often described as German,[3][4] some sources list her birthplace asPrague and her birth year as 1792.[5]
Little is known about Schlick’s early life or education. She was the sister-in-law of Count Franz zu Bassano und Weisskirchen, an Austrian general who helped suppress the Hungarian uprising in 1849. She was described as a patroness ofFranz Liszt in Prague.[6]
Schlick produced compositions through at least opus 5.[7] Her musical compositions were published by Franz Gloggl and C. A. Spina in Vienna; August Cranz in Hamburg; and Schott in Mainz.[5] Her musical compositions and poetry included:
^Wier, Albert (1938).The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. New York: Macmillan. p. 1668.OCLC466989926.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^Cohen, Aaron I. (1987).International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York: Books & Music USA Inc. p. 622.ISBN0-9617485-2-4.OCLC16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980).Women composers: a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. p. 64.ISBN0-8161-8498-4.OCLC6815939.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^abAnya, Laurence (1978).Women of notes: 1,000 women composers Born Before 1900. New York: Richards Rosen Press, Inc. p. 73.OCLC1123454581.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
