Name Henriette Wienecke Role Composer | Died April 18, 1907 | |
Henriette Wienecke née Stadfeldt (Frederikshald, Norway, March 13, 1819 – Charlottenlund, Gentofte, April 18, 1907) was a Norwegian-Danish composer. She hosted a religious-musical salon and composed psalms from the 1850s onward.
Life
She was born to the official Asgeir Johnson Stadfeldt (1786-1831) and Anna Bruun Tordenskjold (1781-1848) and married the singer Friedrich Ferdinand Wienecke (1809-1877) in 1834. She moved to Oslo with her mother after the death of her father, and married her singing teacher after her confirmation. The couple had one daughter, who died as an infant. She had a wish to become an actress, but her spouse did not consider it suitable for a person of her social class. She did, however, take piano lessons. In 1840, she moved permanently to Copenhagen with her spouse and mother.
In 1848, after having lost her mother, newborn son and parents-in-law, she retired from social life, had a religious conversion, and started to compose psalms. She and her spouse became followers of N.F.S. Grundtvig and Nicolai Gottlieb Blædel, and hosted bible studies and religious concerts in their home which has been referred to as a Religious-Musical salon. She produced over 140 psalms and musical pieces.