Louise Otto-Peters [SEP] place of death
Louise Otto-Peters
Louise Otto-Peters (26 March 1819, Meissen – 13 March 1895, Leipzig) was a German suffragist and women's rights movement activist who wrote novels, poetry, essays, and libretti. She wrote for "Der Wandelstern" [The Wandering Star] and "Sächsische Vaterlandsblätter" [Saxon Fatherland Pages], and founded "Frauen-Zeitung" and "Neue Bahnen" specifically for women. She is widely acknowledged as the founder of the "Allgemeiner Deutscher Frauenverein" [General German Women
Theodor Körner (opera)
Leyer und Schwert ("Lyre and Sword") (modern German spelling "Leier und Schwert") is a patriotic opera in five acts composed by Wendelin Weißheimer to a libretto by Louise Otto-Peters. Also known as Theodor Körner, the opera was composed in 1863/64 and premiered in Munich in 1872. The libretto is based on an episode in the life of the German poet and soldier Theodor Körner.
History.
The libretto was written by Louise Otto-Peters, who had