Else Streit


Else Streit was a German composer, pianist, teacher, and violinist.
Streit was born in Lauenburg, Pomerania, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. She studied music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory and the Stern Conservatory. Her teachers included Heinrich Deeke, Gustav Hollaender, Stephan Krehl and Max Loewengar.
Streit taught violin, piano, and music theory at the Bromberg Conservatory, the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, and the New Conservatory, Charlottenburg. She also taught privately in Berlin.
Streit's music, in opus numbers through at least 25, was published by Adolf Martin Schlesinger. Her compositions include:

Chamber

  • Romance in B minor
  • ''Sonata''

    Opera

  • ''St. Nikolaus und seine Gehilfen''

    Orchestra

  • Festmarsch for Infantry
  • Symphonietta
  • Theme and Variations

    Vocal

  • Drei Lieder, opus 25
  • "Es war einmal", opus 7
  • "Psalm"
  • Vier Lieder, opus 21
  • Vier Lieder, opus 22
  • "Weihnacht"