Else Streit (born 27 July 1869) was a German composer, pianist, teacher, and violinist.
Streit was born in Lauenburg, Pomerania, then part of the Kingdom of Prussia. She studied music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory and the Stern Conservatory. Her teachers included Heinrich Deeke, Gustav Hollaender, Stephan Krehl and Max Loewengar.
Streit taught violin, piano, and music theory at the Bromberg Conservatory, the Klindworth-Scharwenka Conservatory, and the New Conservatory, Charlottenburg. She also taught privately in Berlin.
Streit's music, in opus numbers through at least 25, was published by Adolf Martin Schlesinger. Her compositions include:
Chamber
Romance in B minor (violin and piano) Sonata (violin and piano)
Opera St. Nikolaus und seine Gehilfen
Orchestra
Festmarsch for Infantry Symphonietta (string orchestra) Theme and Variations
Vocal
Drei Lieder, opus 25 "Es war einmal", opus 7 "Psalm" (soprano, violin and organ) Vier Lieder, opus 21 Vier Lieder, opus 22 "Weihnacht"
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