Felicitas Kukuck

1914 – 2001

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Felicitas Kuckuck studied piano, flute and composition in Berlin, where she lived and composed until 1945 despite her part-Jewish origins. In the final weeks of the war, she fled to Hamburg, where she lived until her death in 2001. A street in Altona has been named after her since 2016. She composed more than 1000 works. Her most famous composition is probably “Es führt über den Main,” which has achieved folk song status. Her manuscripts and papers are now held at the Archive of Women and Music in Frankfurt am Main.