Jenny Meyer

1] – 20 July 1894) was a German operatic contralto, mezzo-soprano and music educator as well as director of the Stern Conservatory in Berlin from 1888 until 1894.

[1] From 1854, she received vocal training from Julius Stern, who had been married to her elder sister Elisabeth (1831–1919) since 1852.

[2] She made her debut in 1855 in the oratorio Luther by the composer Julius Schneider, and was heard for the first time as a soloist in 1856 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

She also gave guest performances in Paris, and in 1859 she appeared several times in London in court concerts for Queen Victoria.

The Minister of Education Gustav von Goßler rejected her request with the remark "that it has not been customary in the Prussian administration up too now to distinguish a female person by the title of professor"; however, he noted that Jenny Meyer "is known as a capable teacher".