Georgina Schubert

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Georgina (or Georgine) Schubert (28 October 1840 - 26 December 1878) was a German coloratura soprano and lieder composer who toured throughout Europe. [1] [2]

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Life

Schubert was born in Dresden to violinist and composer Francois Schubert and his wife, soprano Maschinka Schubert. She is not related to the better known composer Franz Schubert. [3] [4] [5] Her maternal grandparents were also musicians: Kapellmeister Georg Abraham Schneider and his wife, Dresden Court Opera singer Caroline Portmann. Schubert’s first teacher was her mother. [2] She later studied with Jenny Lind and Manuel Garcia. [6]

Schubert sang at major venues in England (Alexandra Palace and Grosvenor House). [7] [8] [9] She appeared at the Lyric Theater in Paris, and at venues in the Netherlands and throughout Europe. [10] [11] She sang the role of Dinorah in Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Le Pardon de Ploermel more than 30 times. [12]

Compositions

Schubert composed at least 12 lieder:

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References

  1. ↑ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN   0-8161-8498-4. OCLC   6815939.
  2. 1 2 Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN   0-9617485-2-4. OCLC   16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-1138-3. OCLC   3844725.
  4. ↑ Weir, Albert E. (1930). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: in One Volume. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 1689.
  5. ↑ "Composer - Schubert, François - MyMusicScores". mymusicscores.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  6. ↑ "ConcertoNet.com - The Classical Music Network". www.concertonet.com. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  7. ↑ The Musical Standard. 1875.
  8. ↑ The Academy. J. Murray. 1875.
  9. ↑ The Athenaeum. J. Lection. 1875.
  10. ↑ Toonkunstenaars-Vereeniging, Nederlandsche (1862). Caecilia: algemeen muzikaal tijdschrift van Nederland (in Dutch). Kemink.
  11. ↑ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1.000 women composers Born Before 1900. Richards Rosen Press, Inc. OCLC   1123454581.
  12. ↑ Revue et gazette musicale de Paris (in French). Revue. 1861.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Georgine Schubert Song Texts | LiederNet". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
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