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{{Short description|German classical soprano singer (1932–2020)}}
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| other_names = Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1922|03|23|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|03|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Essen|Altendorf]]
| birth_place = [[Burgaltendorf|Altendorf (Ruhr)]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|07|31|1932|03|23|df=y}}
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'''Maria Friesenhausen''' (born 23 March 1922) is a German classical [[soprano]] who appeared in Europe. She is known for recordings of Baroque music on record and with broadcasters. She was also a professor of voice at the [[University of Dortmund]].
'''Maria Friesenhausen''' (23 March 1932 – 31 July 2020<ref>[https://waz.trauer.de/traueranzeige/maria-friesenhausen-balkenhol Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol] (notice of death, in German) trauer.de, [[Funke Mediengruppe]]</ref>) was a German classical [[soprano]] who appeared in Europe. She is known for recordings of Baroque music on record and with broadcasters. She was also a professor of voice at the [[University of Dortmund]].


== Career ==
== Career ==
Friesenhausen was born the daughter of a church musician in Altendorf, now {{ill|Burgaltendorf|de}}, a part of [[Essen]].<ref name="Nowotny" /> She studied at the [[Folkwangschule]] in Essen,<ref name="Folkwang" /> with Hilde Wesselmann, among others. She finished with a degree in both voice teaching and operatic singing in 1957. She focused on concert singing and recording, especially of works by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and other Baroque composers.<ref name="Nowotny" /><ref name="BC" /> She toured in Europe, for example to [[Geneva]], Helsinki, Paris and Vienna.<ref name="Nowotny" />
Friesenhausen was born the daughter of a church musician in Altendorf, now [[Burgaltendorf]], a part of [[Essen]].<ref name="Nowotny" />{{failed verification|date=April 2021|reason=Her PoB is not mentioned there.}} She studied at the [[Folkwangschule]] in Essen,<ref name="Folkwang" /> with Hilde Wesselmann, among others. She finished with a degree in both voice teaching and operatic singing in 1957. She focused on concert singing and recording, especially of works by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and other Baroque composers.<ref name="Nowotny" /><ref name="BC" /> She toured in Europe, for example to [[Geneva]], Helsinki, Paris and Vienna.<ref name="Nowotny" />


She was the soprano soloist in several [[Bach cantata]]s in the series of the broadcaster [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]] conducted by [[Max Thurn]] with the [[NDR Chor]],<ref name="BC" /> such as in 1960 [[Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78|''Jesu, der du meine Seele'', BWV 78]], alongside [[Ursula Zollenkopf]], [[Johannes Feyerabend]] and [[Erich Wenk]].<ref name="BWV 78" /> She recorded [[Dieterich Buxtehude]]'s ''Lauda Sion Salvatorem'', BuxWV 68, with [[Helmut Kahlhöfer]].<ref name="Green" /> She was the soloist in a recording of Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]'' conducted by [[Hans Grischkat]], alongside [[Hildegard Laurich]], [[Peter Wetzler]] and [[Bruce Abel]] in 1972 .<ref name="BWV 248" />
She was the soprano soloist in several [[Bach cantata]]s in the series of the broadcaster [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]] conducted by [[Max Thurn]] with the [[NDR Chor]],<ref name="BC" /> such as in 1960 [[Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78|''Jesu, der du meine Seele'', BWV 78]], alongside [[Ursula Zollenkopf]], Johannes Feyerabend and [[Erich Wenk]].<ref name="BWV 78" /> She recorded [[Dieterich Buxtehude]]'s ''Lauda Sion Salvatorem'', BuxWV 68, with [[Helmut Kahlhöfer]].<ref name="Green" /> She was the soloist in a recording of Bach's ''[[Christmas Oratorio]]'' conducted by [[Hans Grischkat]], alongside [[Hildegard Laurich]], Peter Wetzler and [[Bruce Abel]] in 1972.<ref name="BWV 248" />


In Baroque opera, she recorded in 1973 the part of an elegant lady in Lully's ''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]'', with [[Siegmund Nimsgern]] in the title role; [[Gustav Leonhardt]] conducted [[La Petite Bande]] and members of the [[Tölzer Knabenchor]].<ref name="Steiger" /> She also recorded [[Andreas Romberg]]'s ''Das Lied von der Glocke''.<ref name="Nowotny" /> She performed in church concerts, such as in 1977 in Haydn's ''[[The Creation (Haydn)|Die Schöpfung]]'' at [[St. Patrokli, Soest|St. Patrokli]] in [[Soest, Germany|Soest]].<ref name="Soest" />
In Baroque opera, she recorded in 1973 the part of an elegant lady in Lully's ''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]'', with [[Siegmund Nimsgern]] in the title role; [[Gustav Leonhardt]] conducted [[La Petite Bande]] and members of the [[Tölzer Knabenchor]].<ref name="Steiger" /> She also recorded [[Andreas Romberg]]'s ''Das Lied von der Glocke''.<ref name="Nowotny" /> She performed in church concerts, such as in 1977 in Haydn's ''[[The Creation (Haydn)|Die Schöpfung]]'' at [[St. Patrokli, Soest|St. Patrokli]] in [[Soest, Germany|Soest]].<ref name="Soest" />


Friesenhausen worked as a professor of voice<ref name="Folkwang" /> at the University of Dortmund. In 2001 she trained the soloists, including [[Georg Poplutz]] and [[Karin Lindemann]] in the title roles, for a performance of Handel's ''[[Acis and Galatea (Handel)|Acis und Galatea]]'' with the university choir, in a set with costumes designed by students.<ref name="Dortmund" />
Friesenhausen worked as a professor of voice<ref name="Folkwang" /> at the University of Dortmund.<ref name="TU Dortmund" /> In 2001 she trained the soloists, including [[Georg Poplutz]]<ref name="TU Dortmund" /> and Karin Lindemann in the title roles, for a performance of Handel's ''[[Acis and Galatea (Handel)|Acis und Galatea]]'' with the university choir, in a set with costumes designed by students.<ref name="Dortmund" />


==References==
==References==
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<ref name="Green">{{cite book
<ref name="Green">{{cite book
| last = Green
| last = Green
| first = Jonathan D.
| first = Jonathan D.
| url = https://books.google.de/books?id=6kdWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA62
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6kdWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA62
| title = A Conductor's Guide to Selected Baroque Choral-Orchestral Works
| title = A Conductor's Guide to Selected Baroque Choral-Orchestral Works
| publisher = Scarecrow Press
| publisher = Scarecrow Press
| year = 2013
| year = 2013
| isbn = 9780810886506
| isbn = 978-0-8108-8650-6
| page = 62
| page = 62
| accessdate = 12 May 2017
| access-date = 12 May 2017
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


<ref name="Nowotny">{{cite web
<ref name="Nowotny">{{cite web
| last = Nowotny
|last = Nowotny
| first = Walter
|first = Walter
| url = http://der-neue-merker.eu/geburtstage-im-marz-2012
|url = http://der-neue-merker.eu/geburtstage-im-marz-2012
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120523061613/http://www.der-neue-merker.eu/geburtstage-im-marz-2012
| title = Maria Friesenhausen wird 90
|url-status = dead
| work = Geburtstage im März 2012
|archive-date = 23 May 2012
| publisher = Der Neue Merker
|title = Maria Friesenhausen wird 90
| year = 2012
|department = Geburtstage im März 2012
| language = German
|work = [[Der Neue Merker]]
| accessdate = 29 May 2017
|year = 2012
|language = German
|access-date = 29 May 2017
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| last = Steiger
| last = Steiger
| first = Karsten
| first = Karsten
| url = https://books.google.de/books?id=Zk9HSVAUarkC&pg=PA237
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Zk9HSVAUarkC&pg=PA237
| title = Opern-Diskographie: Verzeichnis aller Audio- und Video-Gesamtaufnahmen
| title = Opern-Diskographie: Verzeichnis aller Audio- und Video-Gesamtaufnahmen
| publisher = Walter de Gruyter
| publisher = Walter de Gruyter
| year = 2008
| year = 2008
| pages = 237
| pages = 237
| isbn = 9783110955965
| isbn = 978-3-11-095596-5
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Friesenhausen-Maria.htm
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Friesenhausen-Maria.htm
| title = Maria Friesenhausen (Soprano)
| title = Maria Friesenhausen (Soprano)
| publisher = Bach-Cantatas
| website = Bach Cantatas
| year = 2001
| year = 2001
| accessdate = 12 May 2017
| access-date = 12 May 2017
}}</ref>
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| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV78.htm
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV78.htm
| title = Cantata BWV 78 / Jesu, der du meine Seele
| title = Cantata BWV 78 / Jesu, der du meine Seele
| publisher = Bach-Cantatas
| website = Bach Cantatas
| year = 2016
| year = 2016
| accessdate = 12 May 2017
| access-date = 12 May 2017
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Grischkat-Rec2.htm
| url = http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Performers/Grischkat-Rec2.htm
| title = Hans Grischkat & Stuttgart Choral Society & Bach Orchestra / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works / Recordings – Part 2
| title = Hans Grischkat & Stuttgart Choral Society & Bach Orchestra / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works / Recordings – Part 2
| publisher = Bach-Cantatas
| website = Bach Cantatas
| year = 2016
| year = 2016
| accessdate = 12 May 2017
| access-date = 12 May 2017
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| date = 3 April 2001
| date = 3 April 2001
| language = German
| language = German
| accessdate = 12 May 2017
| access-date = 12 May 2017
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| publisher = [[Folkwang University of the Arts]]
| publisher = [[Folkwang University of the Arts]]
| year =
| year =
| accessdate = 12 May 2017
| access-date = 12 May 2017
}}</ref>

<ref name="TU Dortmund">{{cite web
| last=Poplutz
| first=Georg
| author-link=Georg Poplutz
| title=Prof. Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol verstorben
| website=Musik studieren, TU Dortmund
| url=https://www.musik.tu-dortmund.de/news/prof-maria-friesenhausen-balkenhol-verstorben/
| language=de
| access-date=28 April 2021
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| language = German
| language = German
| accessdate = 12 May 2017
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{discogs artist}}
* {{Discogs artist}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0002175584}}
* [https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000241136/CLASSICAL/Maria-Friesenhausen Maria Friesenhausen] muziekweb.nl
* [https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000241136/CLASSICAL/Maria-Friesenhausen Maria Friesenhausen] muziekweb.nl


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[[Category:1932 births]]
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[[Category:2020 deaths]]
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[[Category:German sopranos]]
[[Category:Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln alumni]]
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[[Category:Academic staff of the Technical University of Dortmund]]
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Latest revision as of 06:18, 12 January 2023

Maria Friesenhausen
Born(1932-03-23)23 March 1932
Died31 July 2020(2020-07-31) (aged 88)
Essen, Germany
Other namesMaria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol
EducationFolkwangschule
Occupations
OrganizationsUniversity of Dortmund

Maria Friesenhausen (23 March 1932 – 31 July 2020[1]) was a German classical soprano who appeared in Europe. She is known for recordings of Baroque music on record and with broadcasters. She was also a professor of voice at the University of Dortmund.

Career[edit]

Friesenhausen was born the daughter of a church musician in Altendorf, now Burgaltendorf, a part of Essen.[2][failed verification] She studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen,[3] with Hilde Wesselmann, among others. She finished with a degree in both voice teaching and operatic singing in 1957. She focused on concert singing and recording, especially of works by Johann Sebastian Bach and other Baroque composers.[2][4] She toured in Europe, for example to Geneva, Helsinki, Paris and Vienna.[2]

She was the soprano soloist in several Bach cantatas in the series of the broadcaster NDR conducted by Max Thurn with the NDR Chor,[4] such as in 1960 Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, alongside Ursula Zollenkopf, Johannes Feyerabend and Erich Wenk.[5] She recorded Dieterich Buxtehude's Lauda Sion Salvatorem, BuxWV 68, with Helmut Kahlhöfer.[6] She was the soloist in a recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio conducted by Hans Grischkat, alongside Hildegard Laurich, Peter Wetzler and Bruce Abel in 1972.[7]

In Baroque opera, she recorded in 1973 the part of an elegant lady in Lully's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, with Siegmund Nimsgern in the title role; Gustav Leonhardt conducted La Petite Bande and members of the Tölzer Knabenchor.[8] She also recorded Andreas Romberg's Das Lied von der Glocke.[2] She performed in church concerts, such as in 1977 in Haydn's Die Schöpfung at St. Patrokli in Soest.[9]

Friesenhausen worked as a professor of voice[3] at the University of Dortmund.[10] In 2001 she trained the soloists, including Georg Poplutz[10] and Karin Lindemann in the title roles, for a performance of Handel's Acis und Galatea with the university choir, in a set with costumes designed by students.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol (notice of death, in German) trauer.de, Funke Mediengruppe
  2. ^ a b c d Nowotny, Walter (2012). "Maria Friesenhausen wird 90". Geburtstage im März 2012. Der Neue Merker (in German). Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Wir sind alumni!". Folkwang University of the Arts. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Maria Friesenhausen (Soprano)". Bach Cantatas. 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Cantata BWV 78 / Jesu, der du meine Seele". Bach Cantatas. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  6. ^ Green, Jonathan D. (2013). A Conductor's Guide to Selected Baroque Choral-Orchestral Works. Scarecrow Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8108-8650-6. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Hans Grischkat & Stuttgart Choral Society & Bach Orchestra / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works / Recordings – Part 2". Bach Cantatas. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  8. ^ Steiger, Karsten (2008). Opern-Diskographie: Verzeichnis aller Audio- und Video-Gesamtaufnahmen. Walter de Gruyter. p. 237. ISBN 978-3-11-095596-5.
  9. ^ "Städtischer Musikverein Soest e. V. / Unser Konzertarchiv" (in German). Musikverein Soest. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  10. ^ a b Poplutz, Georg. "Prof. Maria Friesenhausen-Balkenhol verstorben". Musik studieren, TU Dortmund (in German). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Tenor steckt im Schafspelz / Textil-Studenten nähen Kostüme für Unichor-Aufführungen von Acis und Galatea". Ruhr Nachrichten (in German). University of Dortmund. 3 April 2001. Retrieved 12 May 2017.

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