Erika Stang

Erika Stang (1 September 1861 – 28 October 1898)^[1] was a Norwegian composer and pianist.^[2]

Stang was born in Honefoss^[3] to Fredrikke Dorothea Kamstrup and Johan Stang.^[1] She studied music with Agathe Backer Grøndahl and Hans Barth in Berlin and taught music in Kristiania during the 1880s and 1890s.^[4] She also performed as a pianist, and corresponded with pianist Andreas Martin Knutzen.^[5] According to the Norwegian Historical Association, letters they exchanged between 1887 and 1889 have been archived and translated into English.^[6] Stang died in Oslo in 1898.^[1]

Stang’s music was published by Carl Warmuth.^[7] Her compositions include:

Piano

• Bryllupsmarsch^[7]
• Childhood Memories^[8]
• Fifteen Four-Hand Pieces for Beginners^[8]
• Menuet^[9]

Vocal

• Four Songs^[8]
• “Vaarvise”^[9]