Frida Kern (1891-1988)

[Wheesht]

The Austrian composer Frida Kern (Vienna 1891 - Linz 1988) was a student of Franz Schmidt and Eusebius Mandyczewski among others and left a body of 280 numbered works in all genres. The Belgian-Israeli harpist Rachel Talitman has released a CD of chamber works by Kern on her independent label Harp & Co.. Getting hold of a physical disc is not so easy, it seems, but the recording can be found here for the time being.

[Alan Howe]

Presto are selling the CD/download:
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7965898--kern-f-impressionen-op-51

Here's a list of some of her chamber works:
https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/composer/Freda-Kern/

And a fuller listing of her compositions can be found here:
https://www.klassika.info/Komponisten/Kern_Frida/wv_gattung.html

[Wheesht]

The Austrian National Library has a new online exhibition devoted to Overlooked Female Composers, one of whom is Frida Kern