Johanna Senfter

Johanna Senfter (* 27 November 1879 in Oppenheim; † 11 August 1961 in Oppenheim ) was a German composer.

From 1885 Johanna Senfter studied composition under Knorr, violin under Rebner, piano under Friedberg and organ at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main. This gave her a considerable amount of musical training when in 1908 she became a student of Max Reger in Leipzig. She composed 9 symphonies, 26 orchestral works and concertos for piano, violin, viola, and cello. Senfter was a masterful composer of fugue. Altogether she left behind 134 works.