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Henriette Grabau-Bünau
Eleonore ''Henriette'' Magdalena Grabau-Bünau, also Henriette Grabau or Henriette Bünau, (29 March 1805 – 28 November 1852) was a German operatic alto and mezzo-soprano. For twelve years she was the main singer at the Leipzig Gewandhaus and from 1843 to 1849 she was the first teacher at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Leipzig Conservatory. Life Childhood and education in Bremen and Dresden Born in Bremen, Grabau was the daughter of the teacher and organist of the Church of Our Lady, Bremen and St. Remberti (Bremen), St. Remberti in Bremen and of Margarethe Anna Adelheid Arensberg. His father founded the ''Grabau'schen Singverein'' in 1811. Grabau grew up with five siblings and received her first voice and piano lessons from her father and from the Bremen music director Wilhelm Friedrich Riem. her brother Georg Christian (1806-1854) was organist in Verden an der Aller, Verden, her brother Andreas Grabau, Andreas (1808-1885) a famous cellist in Leipzig and fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above (i.e. A3–A5 in scientific pitch notation, where middle C = C4; 220–880 Hz). In the lower and upper extremes, some mezzo-sopranos may extend down to the F below middle C (F3, 175 Hz) and as high as "high C" (C6, 1047 Hz). The mezzo-soprano voice type is generally divided into the coloratura, lyric, and dramatic. History While mezzo-sopranos typically sing secondary roles in operas, notable exceptions include the title role in Georges Bizet, Bizet's ''Carmen'', Angelina (Cinderella) in Gioachino Rossini, Rossini's ''La Cenerentola'', and Rosina in Rossini's ''The Barber of Seville, Barber of Seville'' (all of which are also sung by sopranos and contraltos). Many 19th-century French- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
