[1] Then, on the recommendation of Johannes Brahms she studied at the Hochschule in Berlin in 1874 under Amalie Joachim.
[1] In England, Fillunger established herself as a highly regarded singer of lieder, particularly in the repertoire of Schubert and Brahms, who entrusted her with the premieres of many of his works.
[2] She toured Australia in 1891 and South Africa in 1895 with Sir Charles Hallé, eventually joining the teaching staff of the Royal Manchester College of Music[1] from which she resigned before the outbreak of the First World War.
She is buried alongside Eugenie and Marie Schumann in the Gsteig cemetery in the nearby village of Wilderswil.
Her long relationship with Eugenie Schumann is discussed in a number of articles by German music historian Eva Rieger.