Hélène Liebmann née Riese (b. 1796, d. after 1835) was a German

Germans

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 pianist and composer. She was born in Berlin

Berlin

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 and studied music with Franz Lauska

Franz Lauska

Franz Seraphin Lauska was a Moravian pianist, composer, and teacher of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Lauska was considered "one of the most brilliant executants of his time."- Biography :...

 and Ferdinand Ries

Ferdinand Ries

Ferdinand Ries was a German composer.- Life :Born into a musical family of Bonn, Ries was a friend and pupil of Beethoven who published in 1838 a collection of reminiscences of his teacher, co-written with Franz Wegeler...

. A child prodigy, she made her debut before age 13 and published her Piano Sonata when she was 15. She married around 1814 and may have moved with her husband to Vienna

Vienna

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 and then London

London

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. She was present at a Clara Wieck

Clara Schumann

Clara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...

 (Schumann) concert in 1835.

Works

Liebmann composed songs, sonatas and piano works. Selected works include:

• Grand Quatuor, Op 13
• Grand Trio, Op 11
• Sonata for cello and piano (also called Op 11)
• Kennst du das Land? Op 3, setting from Goethe's Wilhelm Meister
• Violin Sonata Op 9