Else Streit

Else Streit (born 27 July 1869) was a German composer,^[1] pianist,^[2] teacher, and violinist.^[3]

Streit was born in Lauenburg, Pomerania, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. She studied music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory and the Stern Conservatory.^[4] Her teachers included Heinrich Deeke, Gustav Hollaender, Stephan Krehl and Max Loewengar.^[5]

Streit taught violin, piano, and music theory at the Bromberg Conservatory, the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, and the New Conservatory, Charlottenburg. She also taught privately in Berlin.^[5]

Streit's music, in opus numbers through at least 25, was published by Adolf Martin Schlesinger.^[5] Her compositions include:

Chamber

• Romance in B minor (violin and piano)^[5]
• Sonata (violin and piano)

Opera

• St. Nikolaus und seine Gehilfen^[4]

Orchestra

• Festmarsch for Infantry^[5]
• Symphonietta (string orchestra)^[5]
• Theme and Variations^[5]

Vocal

• Drei Lieder, opus 25^[5]
• "Es war einmal", opus 7^[5]
• "Psalm" (soprano, violin and organ)^[5]
• Vier Lieder, opus 21^[5]
• Vier Lieder, opus 22^[5]
• "Weihnacht"^[5]