The figure of Eugenia Osterberger, the forgotten Galician romantic composer

Mariña Palacio Fernández

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The figure of Eugenia Osterberger, the forgotten Galician romantic composer (2025)

Mariña Palacio Fernández

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Throughout our musical history, many female composers’ figures and legacies have always remained overshadowed in the male-dominated realm of 19th- and 20th-century music. Eugenia S. Osterberger (1852–1932) is one of them: a remarkable and overlooked Galician composer who blended Galician and Spanish traditional music with European academic styles. This research aims to shed light on Osterberger's life and work by performing her compositions with my instrument addressing the central question: “How can I share it engagingly with the audience?”. To carry out this project, the methodology involves a literature review of Eugenia’s context, story, and compositions; archive fieldwork to find the scores; the process of arranging and adapting her music for oboe or English horn; identification of Galician and Spanish folklore footprints and other styles in her pieces; and revision of tools for engaging audience. The culmination of this research will be to have all the essential tools to be able to create a performance that combines narration and music to bring Osterberger's legacy to life, making the audience enjoy and connect with my emotional engagement and with the composer. In addition, it is intended to make a new contribution to the repertoire for oboe and English horn and raise awareness of under-represented voices in music history, which may inspire others to rediscover forgotten composers.

type	research exposition
keywords	oboe, woman composer, Galicia, arrangements, traditional music, romanticism, English horn
date	05/11/2025
published	30/05/2025
last modified	30/05/2025
status	published
copyright	Mariña Palacio Fernández
license	CC BY-NC-ND
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3194534/3194535
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/koncon.3194534
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	1. Master Research Projects

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