Helen Buchholtz

1877 – 1953

Biography

Born in 1877 in Esch/Alzette, Charlotte Helena, called Helen, was the fifth and last child of a middle-class family. With her father Daniel Buchholtz – owner of a hardware store and founder of the Buchholtz brewery –, her mother Thérèse and her siblings, young Helen lived in a house in the Avenue de la Gare (today 22 Boulevard John F. Kennedy). Little is known about the Buchholtz sisters’ childhood and youth, but it can be assumed that they received a solid basic education, which included piano, violin and solfeggio lessons. Since the Conservatory in Esch did not exist at that time, Helen very likely had private tuition.

After her time at the girls’ boarding school in Longwy, which Helen attended for some time in the early 1890s, she returned to her parental home. As her nephew François Ettinger later reported, Helen devoted almost her entire time to playing the piano and composing. An Ave Maria (1913) is her earliest datable work.

In 1914, at the age of 36 and thus quite late for the time, Helen Buchholtz married the German physician Bernhard Geiger and moved to Wiesbaden. Here the Städtisches Kurorchester Wiesbaden performed some of her works. With settings of the Luxembourgish poet Siggy vu Letzeburg, Buchholtz published her first songs in 1916 with the publisher Felix Krein in Esch. These were followed by three more songs published in Wiesbaden. After the sudden death of her husband in 1921, Buchholtz continued to live in Wiesbaden for a few years before purchasing a villa in Luxembourg City in the mid-1920s and moving back to her homeland. The childless widow was financially secure throughout her life and never had to work to gain a living.

In the 1920s and 1930s, especially the march Aus frohen Tagen and the I^st Valse for harmony orchestra were quite popular and regularly performed by the Luxembourgish Military Band and the Municipal brass band of Esch. Furthermore, Buchholtz published settings of the poet Willy Goergen in 1924 and 1936, as well as three male choruses in 1927.

Mit Do’deg Dierfer von Albert Elsen vertonte Buchholtz eines der eindrücklichsten Gedichte der luxemburgischen Nachkriegsliteratur. Das Lied wurde 1949 veröffentlicht und in der zeitgenössischen Presse außergewöhnlich ausführlich und durchweg positiv rezensiert; es stellt das letzte kompositorische Zeugnis der Komponistin dar.

In total, Helen Buchholtz left behind an extensive œuvre of around 140 compositions, with a focus on songs for voice and piano in German and Luxembourgish, works for solo piano and orchestral works. However, only a fraction of her work was performed during her lifetime – primarily her songs in Luxembourgish and her works for brass orchestra, which was music that corresponded to the contemporary taste of the broad Luxembourg society. On the other hand, her piano works, including numerous sonatas and character pieces as well as the many settings of German poets (especially Anna Ritter) were kept under lock and key throughout her life. These were only recorded after the composer’s rediscovery in 1998 and are regularly performed in concert.

Text: Noemi Deitz

How to cite: Deitz, Noemi: Helen Buchholtz, in: Music and Gender in Luxembourg, ed. by Sonja Kmec, Danielle Roster and Anne Schiltz. URL: https://mugi.lu/en/subject/helen-buchholtz/ (published online 17.12.2022, last accessed …)

Music

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Do’deg Dierfer for voice and piano, text by Albert Elsen

Mady Bonert (soprano), Claude Weber (piano)

Track 9, CD Lieder Luxemburgischer Komponistinnen. Mélodies de compositrices luxembourgeoises. Helen Buchholtz (1877–1953). Lou Koster (1889–1973) , Euterpe 2003

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Rosenmär for voice and piano, text by Nikolaus Welter

Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Claude Weber (piano)

Track 13, CD Und hab’ so große Sehnsucht doch… Lieder und Balladen von Helen Buchholtz im Dialog mit zeitgenössischen Komponistinnen, Solo Musica 2019

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Illusions for voice and piano, text by Marcel Noppeney

Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Claude Weber (piano)

Track 6, CD Und hab’ so große Sehnsucht doch… Lieder und Balladen von Helen Buchholtz im Dialog mit zeitgenössischen Komponistinnen, Solo Musica 2019

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Schlafe, ach, schlafe for voice and piano, text by Anna Ritter

Mady Bonert (soprano), Claude Weber (piano)

Track 4, CD Lieder Luxemburgischer Komponistinnen. Mélodies de compositrices luxembourgeoises. Helen Buchholtz (1877–1953). Lou Koster (1889–1973) , Euterpe 2003

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So gehn die Tage hin for voice and piano, text by Maidy Koch

Gerlinde Sämann (soprano), Claude Weber (piano)

Track 5, CD 2 Und hab’ so große Sehnsucht doch… Lieder und Balladen von Helen Buchholtz im Dialog mit zeitgenössischen Komponistinnen, Solo Musica 2019

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Barcarolle for piano

Marco Kraus (piano)

Track 1, CD Helen Buchholtz. Piano Works, cpo 2011

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Nocturno for piano

Marco Kraus (piano)

Track 11, CD Helen Buchholtz. Piano Works, cpo 2011

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Sonata in C-sharp minor for piano, 1st movement

Marco Kraus (piano)

Track 12, CD Helen Buchholtz. Piano Works, cpo 2011

Scores

<strong><em>Complainte</em> for piano, first page</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 1A 5-1

<strong>Sonata No. 7 in F major for piano, first page</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 1A 33

<strong><em>Traumglück</em> for voice and piano, first page</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 1B 1-1

<strong><em>O bleib bei mir!</em> for voice and piano, first page</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 1B 2-1

<strong><em>Quer durch Luxemburg</em>, characteristic march for harmony orchestra, first page</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 1E1 7-1

<strong><em>Bilder aus Wiesbaden</em>, waltz for symphony orchestra, first page</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 1E2 6

<strong><em>Ro’ a Fridden</em> for voice and piano, first page</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 2B 10

<strong><em>Abschied</em> for male choir</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 2D4 1

Photos

<strong>Helen Buchholtz with floor-length hair, n. d., photo by P. Thorn, Esch/Alzette</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 1 sa6

<strong>Helen Buchholtz on the sofa, 1905, photo by Ch. Bernhoeft </strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 1 1905.00.00

<strong>Helen Buchholtz (portrait in profile), n. d., photo by Lily Kraus</strong>© Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 1 sa1

<strong>Helen Buchholtz (frontal portrait), n. d., photo by P. Thorn, Esch/Alzette</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 1 sa2

<strong>Helen Buchholtz at her First Communion, n. d., photo by P. Schutz, Luxembourg</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 1 sa3

<strong>Helen Buchholtz as a young girl, n. d., photo by Ch. Brandebourg fils, Luxembourg</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 1 sa4

<strong>Helen Buchholtz (left) with her sisters Marguerite (centre) and Thérèse (right), 1893</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 3 1893.00.00

<strong>Helen Buchholtz on skiing holiday (1st left), n. d., private photo</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 3 sa1

<strong>Helen Buchholtz, passport photo, n. d.</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 2 sa1

<strong>The house, built around 1900, where Buchholtz lived with her family until 1914</strong> © Foto Sammlung Origer. Aufnahme 1950er Jahre

<strong>Buchholtz Brewery in Esch/Alzette</strong> © JMO: <em>Brauerei Buchholtz. Brasserie d’Esch. Esch/Alzette</em>, „Photo collection“ https://www.industrie.lu/brasserieesch.html

<strong>Portrait of Sanitätsrat Dr. Bernhard Geiger, husband of Helen Buchholtz, 1914, photo by Conrad H. Schiffer, Taunusstrasse 24, Wiesbaden</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6B 3 1914.00.00

Correspondence

<strong>Postcard by Helen Buchholtz to her sister Marguerite Ettinger, Pontresina, 29.12.1917</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5A 2 1917.12.29

<strong>Postcard by Helen Buchholtz to her sister Marguerite Ettinger, Wiesbaden, 25.08.1936</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5A 2 1936.08.25

<strong>Postcard by Helen Buchholtz to her sister Marguerite Ettinger, Arosa, 12.03.1946</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5A 2 1946.03.12

<strong>Postcard by Helen Buchholtz to her nephew François Ettinger, Wiesbaden, n. d.</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5A 3 sa2

<strong>Draft letter by Helen Buchholtz to the poet Willy Goergen, Wiesbaden, March 1924</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5A 4 1924.00.00

<strong>Postcard by Helen Buchholtz to her great-nephew Guy Wolter, Wiesbaden, 25.06.1953</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5A 5 1953.06.25

<strong>Letter card by her brother-in-law Edouard Ettinger to Helen Buchholtz, Esch/Alzette, 02.06.1915</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5B 1 1915.06.02

<strong>Letter by her brother-in-law Edouard Ettinger to Helen Buchholtz, Esch/Alzette, 21.04.1916</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5B 1 1916.04.21

<strong>Letter by the poet Willy Goergen to Helen Buchholtz, Luxembourg, 21.03.1923</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5B 4 1923.03.21

<strong>Postcard with photo of the poet Willy Goergen to Helen Buchholtz, Luxembourg, 26.04.1923</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5B 4 1923.04.26

<strong>Letter by the poet Willy Goergen to Helen Buchholtz (first page), Luxembourg City, 22.02.1924</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5B 4 1924.02.22

<strong>Postcard by an unknown sender [C.] to Helen Buchholtz, Esch/Alzette, 25.10.1898</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 5B 99 1898.10.25

Written documents

<strong>Inventory of works by Buchholtz herself</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 4A 1 sa1

<strong>Notes with questions on relating to the musical work</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 4B sa1

<strong>Copy of the poem <em>Ein kleines Lied</em>, author unknown, recto and verso</strong>© Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 4C 1935.08.15

<strong>Copy of the poem <em>Agnes</em> by Eduard Mörike, recto and verso</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 4C sa5

<strong>Copy of the poem <em>Da draussen ist ein Garten</em> by Leo Heller, recto and verso</strong>© Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 4C sa17

<strong>Copies of the poems <em>Wie der stönende [sic!] Wind</em> and <em>Mailied der Knaben</em> by Hermann Hesse </strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 4C sa19

Personal objects

<strong>Business card of Helen Buchholtz [n. d.]</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 6C 1 sa1

<strong>Score of Lou Koster’s <em>Trois mélodies </em> with dedication by Lou Koster: “A Madame Geiger bien affectueusement Lou K.”</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 7B 1

<strong>Score of J. P. Beicht’s <em>U Letzeburg</em> with dedication by Lucien Koenig: „Der Madame H. Geiger-Buchholtz, Komponistin, frentlechst iwerrêcht, 1939. Siggy vu Letzeburg.“</strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 7B 1

<strong>Score of Fernand Mertens’ <em>Tantum ergo</em></strong> © Archiv Helen Buchholtz, CID Fraen an Gender: HB 7B 1

Press

<strong>Concert announcement of the <em>Ave Maria</em> in Wiesbaden, performance by the Städtisches Kurorchester Wiesbaden, 1916</strong> <em>Wiesbadener Bade-Blatt</em>, Jg. 50 (1916), no 83, 23.03.1916, col. 2b

<strong>Publication and review of the five “Siggy-Lieder” in the publishing house of Felix Krein, Esch/Alzette, 1916</strong> <em>Tageblatt</em>, Jg. 4 (1916), no. 95, 22.04.1916, col. 3 a–b

<strong>Advertisement of the Lieder for sale in Esch/Alzette, 1917</strong> <em>D’Natio’n</em>, Jg. 3 (1917), Nr. 1&2, 01.01.1917, S. 20

<strong>Publication of the four “Goergen-Lieder” by the publishing house of Felix Krein, Luxembourg-City, 1924</strong> <em>Tageblatt</em>, Jg. 12 (1924), Nr. 36, 12.02.1924, Sp. 13c

<strong>Concert announcement of <em>Quer durch Luxemburg</em> in Luxembourg City, performance by the Military Music, 1934</strong> <em>Luxemburger Wort</em>, Jg. 87 (1934), Nr. 231, 20.08.1934, Sp. 4c

<strong>Music programme from Radio Luxembourg with <em>Erinnerung an glückliche Tage</em>, 1936</strong><em> Tageblatt</em>, Jg. 24 (1936), Nr. 20, 24.01.1936, Sp. 5b

<strong>Concert announcement of <em>Aus frohen Tagen</em> in Esch/Alzette, performance by the Municipal brass band, 1936</strong> <em>Tageblatt</em>, Jg. 24 (1936), no. 144, 20.06.1936, col. 3d

<strong>Concert announcement of the <em>Ire Valse</em> in the programme held on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the canton Esch/Alzette, 1939</strong> <em>Tageblatt</em>, Jg. 27 (1939), no 105, 04.05.1939, col. 4b

<strong>Concert announcement of the <em>Ire Valse</em> on the occasion of a concert in honour of those killed during the war, Esch/Alzette, 1945</strong> <em>Obermosel-Zeitung</em>, Jg. 65 (1945), no 33, 09.08.1945, col. 2d

<strong>Review of the Lied <em>Do’deg Dierfer</em>, 1950</strong> <em>Luxemburger Wort</em>, Jg. 103 (1950), no 25, 25.01.1950, col. 12b–c

Radio

Musikalesch Visittekaart: Danielle Roster. D’Musikologin aus dem CID-Fraen an Gender presentéiert hire ganz perséinleche Choix

Broadcast by Radio 100,7 on 30.04.2017, 11:04–12:00

Klassik aktuell: „Und hab so große Sehnsucht doch…“ Een duebelen Album mat Lieder vun der Helen Buchholtz

Broadcast by Radio 100,7 on 29.03.2019, 14:10–14:15

Klassik aktuell: “Ich bin in diese Musik Hineingewachsen”. D’Sopranistin Gerlinde Sämann iwwert d’Komponistin Helen Buchholtz

Broadcast by Radio 100,7 on 05.04.2019, 14:10–14:15

Musek am Gespréich: Komponistinnen zu Lëtzeburg. Am Gespréich mat der Albena Petrovic an der Catherine Kontz

Broadcast by Radio 100,7 on 14.04.2019, 14:00–15:00

Klassik aktuell: Eng verkannte Pionéierin. D’Helen Buchholtz ass d’Komponistin vum Mount Mee

Broadcast by Radio 100,7 on 07.05.2019, 14:10–14:15

KomponistIn vum Mount: D’Helen Buchholtz (1877–1953). D’Geschicht vun der Waliss

Émission de Radio 100,7 le 08.05.2019, 11:10–11:20

KomponistIn vum Mount: D’Helen Buchholtz (1877–1953). D’Noemi Deitz schreift eng Dokteraarbecht iwwer déi Escher Komponistin

Broadcast by Radio 100,7 on 15.05.2019, 11:10–11:20

KomponistIn vum Mount: D’Helen Buchholtz (1877–1953). Sonate, Menuetter, Balladen – d’Pianoswierker vun der Komponistin

Émission de Radio 100,7 le 08.05.2019, 11:10–11:20

KomponistIn vum Mount: D’Helen Buchholtz (1877–1953). Den Archiv Helen Buchholtz am CID Femmes

Broadcast by Radio 100,7 on 29.05.2019, 11:10–11:20

Helen Buchholtz: tëschent zwou Welten

Broadcast by radio opus100,7 on 12.07.2024, 08:00–08:17

Video

Anne Schiltz: Im Dialog mit Helen Buchholtz, CNA 2018

Susanne Kirchhofer: Die Komponistin Helen Buchholtz, SR Kulturspiegel 2001

Antoinette Lorang and Denis Scuto: Buchholtz-Haus – Guide historique et architectural Esch-sur-Alzette, C²DH 2020

Carol Falling: Wiesbadener Komponistinnen: Schicksale und Erfahrungen. Teil 5 Helen Buchholtz (1877–1953)

Patricia Baum, Claude Grosch und Christiane Kremer: Art Eck: Helen Buchholtz, RTL 2022

Works

HELEN BUCHHOLTZ work

HELEN BUCHHOLTZ editions

Bibliography

HELEN BUCHHOLTZ Bibliography

Weblinks

Archiv Helen Buchholtz at CID Fraen an Gender

In: MUGI. Musikvermittlung und Genderforschung: Lexikon und multimediale Präsentationen, hg. von Beatrix Borchard und Nina Noeske, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, 2003ff. Stand vom 13. Juli 2018

Danielle Roster: Art. „Helen Buchholtz“

Le Salon de Helen Buchholtz

Und hab’ so große Sehnsucht doch… Lieder und Balladen von Helen Buchholtz im Dialog mit zeitgenössischen Komponistinnen

Gerlinde Sämann (Sopran). Claude Weber (Klavier), SoloMusica 2019

Education

PÄdagogische Mappe

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