Gunthild Weber (1909 – ?) was a German

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

, a concert singer who sang lieder and music by Bach.

Discography

Her Bach recordings are notable:

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of ...

s with various conductors; the

Mass in B minor The Mass in B minor (), BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach. The composition was completed in 1749, the year before the composer's death, and was to a large extent based on earlier work, such as a Sanctu ...

(1953) with Fritz Lehmann, and the Christmas Oratorio (1955/56) with Lehmann and her husband Gunther Arndt.

References

German sopranos 1909 births Year of death missing {{Germany-singer-stub