Emilie Mayer

Emilie Luise Friderica Mayer (1812-1883) was a German composer in the Romantic style, producing some eight symphonies and at least fifteen concert overtures, plus numerous chamber works and lieder. She was born on the 14th May 1812 in Friedland, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, the third child and eldest daughter of a well-to-do pharmacist, Johann August Friedrich Mayer and Henrietta Carolina. She received musical education at an early age, though in her first years as a piano student she apparently had an eating disorder