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Raimund Von Zur-Mühlen
Baron Raimund von zur-Mühlen (sometimes "Raymond", "Raimund von Zur Mühlen") (10 November 1854 in Uusna Manor (''Neu-Tennasilm''), Viljandi Parish (now in Viiratsi Parish), Viljandi County, Governorate of Livonia – 11 December 1931 in Wiston, near Steyning, England) was a celebrated tenor Lieder singer who also became a famous teacher of singing, instructing many famous artists. His Lieder-interpretations are legendary. Life and carrier He was a student of Auguste Hohenschildt, Felix Schmidt, Adolf Schulze, Julius Stockhausen and Clara Schumann. He made his debut in 1878, together with Hans Schmidt, in Riga. After this he continued working on his capabilities as a singer, above all with Manuel Garcia, Beniamino Carelli and Pauline Viardot.This paragraph derived from German wikipedia. He is recognised as a founder of the Lieder-abend or evening recital of the German concert Lieder as a distinct performance entity. His interpretation of Lieder and his specialist stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raimund Von Zur-Mühlen (Sport Und Salon 1900)
''Raimund'' is thought to be a variant of the name Raymond. Raimund may refer to: * Ferdinand Raimund (1790-1836), Austrian actor and dramatist * Raimund Theater, a theatre in the Mariahilf district of Vienna, Austria People with the given name Raimund: * Baron Raimund von Stillfried (1839-1911), Austrian photographer * Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), Austrian architect * Raimund Bethge (born 1947), East German bobsledder * Raimund Herincx (born 1927), British operatic bass baritone * Raimund Krauth (1952–2012), German footballer * Raimund Kull (1882–1942), Estonian conductor and composer * Raimund Hermann Siegfried Moltke (born 1869), German writer and economist * Raimund Marasigan (born 1971), Filipino rock musician and record producer * Raimund Pigneter (20th century), Italian luger * Raimund Riedewald (born 1986), Dutch footballer See also * Raimond * Raymund Schwager (1935-2004), Swiss Roman Catholic theologian {{disambig, given name, surname Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Viardot
Pauline Viardot (; 18 July 1821 – 18 May 1910) was a nineteenth-century French mezzo-soprano, pedagogue and composer of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García, her name appears in various forms. When it is not simply "Pauline Viardot", it most commonly appears in association with her maiden name García or the unaccented form, Garcia. This name sometimes precedes Viardot and sometimes follows it. Sometimes the words are hyphenated; sometimes they are not. She achieved initial fame as "Pauline García"; the accent was dropped at some point, but exactly when is not clear. After her marriage, she referred to herself simply as "Mme Viardot". She came from a musical family and took up music at a young age. She began performing as a teenager and had a long and illustrious career as a star performer. Early life Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García Sitches was born in Paris. Her father, Manuel, a tenor, was a Spanish singing teacher, composer and impresario. Her m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Moore
Gerald Moore CBE (30 July 1899 – 13 March 1987) was an English classical pianist best known for his career as a collaborative pianist for many distinguished musicians. Among those with whom he was closely associated were Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Schumann, Hans Hotter, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Ángeles and Pablo Casals. Moore gave lectures on stage, radio and television about musical topics. He also wrote about music, publishing volumes of memoirs and practical guides to interpretation of lieder. Life and career Early years Moore was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, the eldest of four children of David Frank Moore, owner of a men's outfitting company, and his wife Chestina, ''née'' Jones. Cooper, Joseph"Moore, Gerald Frederick (1899–1987)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 23 September 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2021 He was educated at Watford Grammar School, and took piano lessons from a local teacher. Mann, Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Weißenborn
Hermann Weißenborn (10 September 1876 – 20 November 1959) was a German operatic baritone and voice teacher. Born in Berlin, Weißenborn was trained musically mostly by Raimund von Zur Mühlen. He began a career as a concert and oratorio singer. He turned early to music education. He became one of the most sought-after singing teachers of his generation in Germany. From 1920 he taught at the Musikhochschule Berlin. Since 1922 he was head of the singing department of this university. Among his many well-known students were Joseph Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Höngen, Marga Höffgen, Hildegard Rütgers and Petre Munteanu Petre Munteanu (26 November 1916 – 18 July 1988) was a Romanian operatic tenor particularly associated with Mozart and lighter Italian roles. Life and career Born in Câmpina, Romania, Munteanu studied at the Bucharest Conservatory. He made hi .... Weißenborn died in Berlin at age 83. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Weißenborn, Hermann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naima Wifstrand
Naima Wifstrand (; 4 September 1890 – 23 October 1968) was a Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer. In her later years, she was cast in several supporting roles in Ingmar Bergman films. Biography Born Siri Naima Matilda Wifstrand in Stockholm in 1890, she was raised by her mother in Fleminggatan. Wifstrand never trained acting but learned the art thoroughly when she in 1905 joined the Anna Lundberg Theatre Company, a well reputed and respected theatre company in Sweden at the time. She travelled with them for a number of years, appearing in small parts and in extra parts. This eventually led her to small parts at theatres in Helsinki and around Stockholm. But at this time Wifstrand did not have her mind set on acting, instead she sought to be a singer. And it was as a grand operetta singer she became famous and enjoyed a much successful star career for 30 years in Sweden (her speaking parts as an actress came long after; when she after singi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Opfer
Fanny Opfer (24 September 1870 – 28 March 1944) was a German soprano and singing teacher. Life Born in Berlin, Opfer was a student of Etelka Gerster, Selma Nicklass-Kempner, and Raimund von Zur Mühlen. She made her debut as a concert singer in 1892. Her repertoire was made of Lieder and Oratorios. Besides her concert activities, she taught singing at the Breslau Conservatory and also had private pupils in Berlin. The " Machtergreifung" by the Nazis (she was in her early 60s at the time) increasingly restricted her professional activities. Nevertheless, she remained living in Berlin. In August 1943 she was deported to the Theresienstadt Ghetto Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ..., where she was murdered the following year. The exact circumstances of her deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eidé Norena
Karoline "Kaja" Eide Hansen, known professionally as Eidé Norena (April 26, 1884 – November 13, 1968) was a Norwegian soprano. Born in Horten, Norena studied in Oslo, Weimar, London, and Paris; her teachers included Ellen Gulbranson and Raimund von zur-Mühlen, and she received advice as well from Nellie Melba. She began her career as a concert singer before making her stage debut in '' Orfeo ed Euridice'' in Oslo. Soon thereafter she auditioned for Arturo Toscanini, who hired her to sing at La Scala. She sang at the Royal Opera House for several seasons, and from 1933 to 1938 she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, bowing there in ''La bohème'' on February 9, 1933. For six seasons she was on the roster of the Chicago Civic Opera. Norena was highly regarded as an actress, having been trained by her onetime husband, Egil Eide, to whom she was married from 1909 until 1939. Highly regarded for her work in Italian roles, she was especially noted for her performances as Gilda an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Lissmann (tenor)
Hans Lissmann, also ''Hans Lißmann'', (19 September 1885 – 26 May 1964) was a German operatic tenor. Life Born in Hamburg, Lissman was the son of the bass baritone Friedrich Heinrich Lissmann (1847–1894) and the soprano Anna Marie Lissmann-Gutzschbach (1847–1928). His sister Eva-Katharina Lissmann (1883–after 1917) was also a concert singer. Lißmann studied Ochestral conducting, among others with Arthur Nikisch at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig and at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden, and subsequently worked as a conductor at various German theatres. He received his vocal training with Raimund von Zur Mühlen in London and with Ernesto Colli in Milan. in 1913 he came back to Germany. After a short engagement at the Hamburg Volksoper he was first lyrical tenor at the Opera in Leipzig from 1914 until 1933. There, he sang more than 100 parts, e.g. in 1919 in the world premiere of the opera ''Revolutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, (9 December 19153 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British soprano. She was among the foremost singers of lieder, and is renowned for her performances of Viennese operetta, as well as the operas of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss. After retiring from the stage, she was a voice teacher internationally. She is considered one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. Early life Schwarzkopf was born on 9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in the Province of Posen in Prussia, Germany (now Poland) to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth (). Schwarzkopf performed in her first opera in 1928, as Eurydice in a school production of Gluck's ''Orfeo ed Euridice'' in Magdeburg, Germany. In 1934, Schwarzkopf began her musical studies at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, where her singing tutor, Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, attempted to train her to be a mezzo-soprano. Schwarzkopf later trained under Maria Ivogün, and in 1938 joined the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner (born Julie Sophie Gmeiner; 15 August 1876 – 7 August 1948) was a German concert contralto and mezzo-soprano born in Transylvania, who performed lieder recitals in Europe and the United States. She was an academic voice teacher in Berlin and taught both Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Peter Anders. Career She was born Julie Sophie Gmeiner in Kronstadt (Brassó), in the region of Transylvania, in Austria-Hungary (today Brașov, Romania). She was the third of ten siblings, called Lula. The children received early musical instruction, and several of her siblings also became professional musicians: the mezzo-soprano Ella Gmeiner, the bass-baritone Rudolf Gmeiner, the cellist Julius Gmeiner, and the pianist Luise Gmeiner. Lula learned the violin at age six and played in the Kronstadt orchestra at age 15. A year later, she began voice lessons with the composer Rudolf Lassel, who dedicated a composition to her and premiered it with her. From age 18, she studied at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coenraad V
Coenraad is a Dutch given name. Notable persons with that name include: *Coenraad van Beuningen (1622–1693), diplomat for Dutch Republic *Coenraad Beyers (1893–1975), South African historian, archivist, and herald *Coenraad Bloemendal (born 1946), Canadian cellist *Coenraad Bron (1937–2006), Dutch computer scientist who worked with Edsger W. Dijkstra on Algol-68 *Coenraad de Buys (1761–1821), Cape Colony cattle raider * Hasselt (1797–1823), Dutch physician, zoologist, botanist and mycologist *Coenraad Hiebendaal (1879–1921), Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics *Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801–1887), Dutch chemist and chocolate maker * Barend Coenraad Petrus Jansen (1884–1962), Dutch chemist and biochemist who isolated vitamin B1 * Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1858), Dutch aristocrat and zoologist See also * Coen (other) * Koenraad * Conrad (name) Conrad is a Germanic masculine given name and a surname. Origin and meaning It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Beigel
Victor Beigel (19 May 1870 – 7 November 1930) was an English pianist and singing teacher of Hungarian descent. Beigel was an internationally renowned vocal pedagogue. Friendships connected him with the painter John Singer Sargent, the interior designer Sybil Colefax and the composers John Ireland and Percy Grainger, whose choir rehearsals he accompanied on the piano for years. He was also a friend of his student Gervase Elwes, after whose death in 1921 he founded the Gervase Elwes Memorial Fund (later the Musicians Benevolent Fund) to support young musicians. His students included Lauritz Melchior Lauritz Melchior (20 March 1890 – 18 March 1973) was a Danish-American opera singer. He was the preeminent Richard Wagner, Wagnerian tenor of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s and has come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type. Late i ..., Anita Patti Brown, John Goss and Monica Harrison. During the First World War, he gave and organised benefit concerts in support o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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