Elisabeth von Herzogenberg néeElisabet von Stockhausen (born in Paris on 13 April 1847; died inSanremo on 7 January 1892) was a German pianist, composer, singer and philanthropist.

Her father had served as aHanoverian ambassador and was a pianist linked toFrédéric Chopin andCharles-Valentin Alkan. Although a Protestant, she married the CatholicHeinrich von Herzogenberg.^[1] She is known in large part for her association withJohannes Brahms, with whom she studied and with whom she and her husband corresponded copiously.^[2] As an aristocratic musician, she largely did not perform or publish for the public,^[3] but did arrange children's folk songs.^[4] Her lover, the composerEthel Smyth, devoted chapter XX ofImpressions That Remained: Memoirs to her.^[5]

• 24 Volkskinderlieder for voice and piano (1881)
• 8 Klavierstücke^[6]

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