Luise Greger (1861-1944)

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Opernale, the Institute for Music and Theatre in Western Pomerania, is presenting a world premiere production with compositions by the composer, pianist and singer Luise Greger, who was born in Greifswald in 1861 and died, a victim of the Nazi euthanasia programme, in 1944. Luise Greger – eine pommersche Gans (=a Pomeranian goose) will receive its premiere performance in Greifswald on 20 August. As yet there's no information about a broadcast or a recording.
The orchestral score of Greger's Märchenoper "Gänseliesel" was rediscovered in Kassel, where Greger lived, in 2017. It has been digitised and is accessible on the Kassel University library website.
In 2019 a Luise Greger festival was held in Kassel. More information can be found on the composer website.
A charity concert to celebrate the composer's 160th birthday was broadcast online and is available on Youtube.
Greger was mainly a composer of Lieder. See this article in English by Paul-André Bempéchat.