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Agnes Giebel (10 August 1921 – 24 April 2017) was a German classical soprano. She was born in

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, in the

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, where she lived the first years of her life. She studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen and made her first public appearance as a singer in 1947. Her career lasted until the 1990s during which she established a wide-ranging

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. Giebel's repertoire consisted predominantly of sacred works of music such as cantatas,

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, and masses and was considered to be one of the greatest

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wor ...

singers of her generation. As an interpreter of lieder she often performed with the pianist

Sebastian Peschko Sebastian Peschko (30 October 1909 – 29 September 1987) was a German classical pianist, specialised in the art form of lieder. He was accompanist to some of the foremost lyrical singers of the 20th century. Life and career Peschko was born in B ...

. She was also known for her performance in

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under the direction of

Otto Klemperer Otto Nossan Klemperer (14 May 18856 July 1973) was a 20th-century conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the US, Hungary and finally Britain. His early career was in opera houses, but he was later better known as a concer ...

. Giebel lived in

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. Her daughter, Kristina Kanders, and her granddaughter, Julia Giebel, are also musicians. For the Alois Kottmann Award she was member of the jury panel along composer

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, the violinists

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and

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as well as singer

Margit Neubauer Margit Neubauer (born 1951) is an Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano who was for decades a member of the Oper Frankfurt. She appeared at international festivals such as the Salzburg Festival. Her repertory ranges from Baroque opera to premieres of ne ...

. She died in

on 24 April 2017.

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Biography: contains photos and her Bach discography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Giebel, Agnes 1921 births 2017 deaths German sopranos People from Heerlen Bach singers Folkwang University of the Arts alumni 20th-century German women singers