Composer and music therapist, born in Chemnitz (Saxonia), died in Berlin. She lived since 1928 in Görlitz (Lower Silesia), studied composition, piano, recorder in Dresden, Breslau und Weimar; State Examination shortly after the end of World War II. She lived since 1949 in East Berlin, gave concerts on cembalo, clavicord and Trautonium, became 1949 lecturer at the University of Music. Because of her contacts to the Society of Anthroposophy she got problems and went to West Berlin, founded 1970 the “Musiktherapeuthische Werkstätte e.V.” (chairwoman up tp 1999) and became a pioneer oh music therapy. (Rainer Stelle)