Maria Vespermann


Maria Vespermann Gorres Arndts   was a German composer, writer, and painter who sometimes used the pseudonym Carl Pauss. Her music was also published under the names Maria Gorres and Maria Arndts.
Vespermann was born in Munich to the actor Wilhelm Vespermann and singer Clara Metzger Vespermann. She showed musical talent at an early age, and appeared in her first public concert when she was only 12 years old.
Vespermann married the Catholic historian and poet Guido Görres in 1844. They had three daughters before Görres died in 1852. In 1860 she married jurist Carl Ludwig Arndts von Arnesberg in Vienna.
Gorres' music was published by Aibl and her prose was published by Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh.

Music

Her publications include:

Piano

  • Aus den Bergen, opus 8
  • Bunte Reihen kurzer Klavierstücke, opus 6
  • ''Four Hand Pieces, opus 5''

    Vocal

  • Amen Amen! They All Sank to Their Knees
  • Hail Springtime
  • It's Lovely in Spring
  • Praise the Lord
  • Sacred Songs, opus 3
  • Song Cycle
  • Thanks be to the Lord
  • ''We are the Blacksmiths''

    Prose

  • Dramas for the Christian Home
  • Juhschreih on the Halseralm
  • Mozart as a Matchmaker