Anna M. Cramer was a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 composer. She was born in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 and studied at the Conservatory of Music in Amsterdam. After graduating in 1897, she studied composition in Germany

Germany

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 with Wilhelm Berger

Wilhelm Berger

Wilhelm Berger was a German composer, pianist and conductor.-Life:Berger's father, originally a merchant from Bremen, worked in Boston as a music shopkeeper and made a name for himself as an author after the family had returned to Bremen in 1862. Early on, his son showed signs of musical interest...

 and Max von Schillings

Max von Schillings

Max von Schillings was a German conductor, composer and theatre director. He was chief conductor at the Berlin State Opera from 1919 to 1925....

. After completing her studies she worked as a composer and had several works performed in 1906-07. Cramer published her songs Op. 1-4 in Germany between 1907 and 1910. She died in Blaricum

Blaricum

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.

Works

Cramer often incorporated folk themes and cabaret into her works. Selected compositions include:

• Sechs Lieder, op. 4 - Erwachen in den grellen Tag
• Sechs Lieder, op. 4 - Ave Rosa
• Sechs Lieder, op. 4 - Michel mit der Lanze
• Sechs Lieder, op. 4 - Vale
• Sechs Lieder, op. 4 - Auftrag
• Sechs Lieder, op. 4 - Waldhornklänge
• Wenn die Linde blüht
• Fünf Gedichte, op. 1 - Bispill
• Fünf Gedichte, op. 1 - Bussemann
• Fünf Gedichte, op. 1 - Wa heet se doch?
• Fünf Gedichte, op. 1 - De Jäger
• Fünf Gedichte, op. 1 - Int Holt
• Schlafliedchen für’s Peterle
• Zehn Gedichte - Souvenir de Malmaison
• Zehn Gedichte - In einer grossen Stadt
• Zehn Gedichte - Blümekens
• Zehn Gedichte - Briefwechsel
• Zehn Gedichte - Spruch
• Zehn Gedichte - Meiner Mutter
• Zehn Gedichte - Auf einer grünen Wiese
• Zehn Gedichte - Nach dem Balle
• Zehn Gedichte - Siegesfest
• Zehn Gedichte - Fatinga
• Zwei Notturnos - Im Pavillon
• Zwei Notturnos - Am Meer
• Wenn der Abend sinkt

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Anna Cramer Songs (1 Jan 2011) Aliud AL 051