Luise Adolpha Le Beau

Luise Adolpha Le Beau was a German composer of classical music. She studied with noted musicians Clara Schumann and Franz Lachner, but her primary instructor was Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Like many other 19th century female composers, Le Beau began her career in music as a pianist, and later earned her living teaching, critiquing, and performing music.

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Luise Adolpha Le Beau, born in Rastadt in 1850, was, according to the Dictionary of Music (1896), an able pianist and esteemed teacher of music. She received her musical training from Rheinberger and Fr. Lachner, and her career saw her reside in Munich, Wiesbaden, and Karlsruhe. Her published compositions include various pianoforte pieces, songs, and chamber-music, all of which the Dictionary of Music (1896) notes “display talent.”