Frieda Hodapp

Frieda Hodapp (born August 13, 1880 in Helmstadt-Bargen, died on September 14, 1949 in Bad Wiessee) was a German pianist[1][2] and student of Max Reger.

Frieda Hodapp
Born(1880-08-13)August 13, 1880
Helmstadt-Bargen
DiedSeptember 14, 1949(1949-09-14) (aged 69)
Bad Wiessee
NationalityGerman
OccupationPianist
Spouse(s)

Life

From 1887 to 1891 she studied as a free student at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. From 1891 to 1898 she studied at Hoch Conservatory. After her first appearance in Darmstadt in 1899, she began her career in 1901 with a concert tour to St. Petersburg and Moscow. Then followed an extensive concert activity in Germany and almost all European countries, alongside teaching. After giving up her concert activity in 1932, she started to give master classes in Heidelberg in 1934. She was married to the Dutch-German music educator James Kwast; after his death she married Otto Krebs shortly before his death in 1941.[3]

Honors

In 1898 she received the Mendelssohn Prize in Berlin.

James Kwast and Frieda Hodapp were awarded the Mecklenburg-Strelitz Orden für Kunst und Wissenschaft in Gold in 1912.

References
  1. "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". portal.dnb.de. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  2. "Kwast, Frieda Hodapp (1880–1949) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  3. "Diakonie Landgut Holzdorf gGmbH - Diakoniestiftung Weimar Bad Lobenstein". www.diakonie-wl.de. Retrieved 2020-01-07.

Literature
  • Frieda Kwast-Hodapp , in: International Biographical Archive 08/1950 of February 13, 1950, in the Munzinger Archive (start of article freely available)
  • Horst Ferdinand: Kwast-Hodapp, Frieda Elise , in: Bernd Ottnad (ed.): Badische Biographien . NF 3. Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-17-009958-2, p. 167 f. (online at LEO-BW)
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