Amanda Maier was born in the Swedish town of Landskrona. Her early musical studies on violin and piano were with her father. Subsequently, she studied at the Stockholm Conservatory, winning awards not only for her violin playing but also for her ability on the organ and cello as well as for her compositional ability. She was the first woman to gain her music-director qualifications in Sweden and after graduating, she continued her studies at the Leipzig Conservatory where she studied composition with Carl Reinecke and violin with Engelbert Röntgen, concertmaster of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. While in Leipzig, she composed several works, among them the String Quartet in A Major dating from 1877. After leaving Leipzig, she spent the next few years touring as a concert violinist before marrying the composer Julius Röntgen, the son of her teacher. Amanda was a fairly prolific composer up until her marriage by which time she a two piano quartets, a piano trio, two string quartets and several other instrumental works to her credit. Most of these works are still in manuscript and several, unfortunately, have been lost. After her marriage she more or less gave up her career. Brahms and Grieg were among those who heard and praised her music highly. Only a few of her compositions were ever published. The score to her String Quartet in A Major languished in manuscript form and is now located in the Stockholm Theater and Music library. It is impossible to tell whether she completed the work because the first and last movements are missing some sheets of the manuscript. This is an arrangment for flute ensemble of the two inner movements. The second movement is a lovely, highly romantic Andante, full of appealing melodies. The third movement, Allegro non troppo is a cross between a scherzo and a lilting intermezzo and has a nicely contrasting trio.