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Composer, pianist and singer Helene Liebmann was a contemporary of Beethoven and Schubert, born into one of the wealthiest and oldest Jewish banking families in Berlin and a distant relative of the Mendelssohns. She was an artistic personality who achieved a certain renown in her time and was highly respected as a serious artist. Her name was mentioned in music periodicals and encyclopedias; her solo and compositional activities were praised. Nevertheless, only 20 of her printed works have survived – collections of art songs, sonatas, piano trios, and a string quartet, all published between 1811 and 1817. Violinist Gernot Süßmuth, cellist Ramon Jaffé, and pianist Monica Gutman present three of her works: a violin sonata, a cello sonata, and a piano trio. The Grand Trio in A major, Op. 11 was dedicated to her teacher Ferdinand Ries, a pupil of Beethoven. Beethoven’s influence on Liebmann is occasionally audible in these works. All works are new to the WFMT library.

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