Friederike Karger-Hönigaus modern

Friederike Karger-Hönig (* 1 April 1902 in Vienna; † 19 May 1976 in Vienna) was an Austrian pianist, composer and music teacher.

Life

Friederike Karger-Hönig was born as the daughter of Sigmund Hönig, the secretary of the Vienna Commercial Association, and Maria Hönig, née Bürger.

Karger-Hönig attended a girls’ secondary school and initially received private piano lessons from Margarete Bernhard, Eduard Gärtner and Paul Weingarten. From 1919 to 1920, she studied at the University and Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, where she took piano lessons from Emil Sauer. From 1928, she dedicated herself to composition under the guidance of Franz Schmidt.

In 1922, she married Eduard Karger, who died in 1950.

Karger-Hönig gained an excellent reputation as a pianist and was also active as a composer. From 1945, she worked as a music teacher in the piano training class at the Municipal Conservatory in Vienna. Her compositions were frequently performed until the end of the 1940s, and her songs also attracted attention on the radio.

Karger-Hönig’s creative output encompassed both vocal and instrumental music. Individual works were published by Europa-Verlag.

Source biografiA: http://biografia.sabiado.at/karger-hoenig-friederike/