Maria Vespermann Gorres Arndts (5 April 1823 – 22 May 1882) was a German composer,[1] writer, and painter[2] who sometimes used the pseudonym Carl Pauss.
[4] She showed musical talent at an early age, and appeared in her first public concert when she was only 12 years old.
[5] Vespermann married the Catholic historian and poet Guido Görres in 1844.
In 1860 she married jurist Carl Ludwig Arndts von Arnesberg in Vienna.
[5] Gorres' music was published by Aibl (now Universal Edition)[6] and her prose was published by Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh.