FORBES-MOSSE, Irene

Irene Forbes-Mosse was primarily a German writer and poet rather than a composer, though her lyrical texts were occasionally set to music by composers such as Pauline Hall and Susanne Wosnitzka. Her published works featuring her lyrical verse include Mezzavoce (1901) and Peregrina's Sommerabende (1904). Her poem "Der verschlossene Garten" was set to music in 1917 by Norwegian composer Pauline Hall, and "Regenliedchen" (1905) was adapted in 2007 by Susanne Wosnitzka. She is occasionally cross-listed in musical repertory databases like RISM Online due to the heavy musical adaptation of her poems into art songs (Lieder).