I. Des Morgens, im Walde
II. Fliegen und Schmetterlinge
III. Die Schwüle
IV. Abends unter der Eiche
Born into a famous musical family in Paris, Heritte-Viardot studied a variety of subjects including piano, music theory, opera, anatomy, physiology, zoology, and literature. Her music studies were with her mother, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, the famous singer and composer.
She married Heritte, a French Consul-General, with whom she lived at the Cape of Good Hope and in Paris, finally settling in Berlin.
Louise Henritte-Viardot composed numerous songs, a one-act opera, piano solos, and several chamber works.