Emy from Stetten
Emy Freifrau von Stetten (born April 6, 1898 in Königsberg ; † February 22, 1980 ) was a German oratorio , opera and lieder singer (soprano) and professor of music at the Frankfurt / Main University of Music .
Life
Emilie Brode was a daughter of Ellida Wittich and Max Brode , the founder and conductor of the Königsberg Symphony Orchestra. She was married to the Austrian painter Norbert von Stetten until the divorce in 1948 . The marriage resulted in two daughters, Ellida (1919-2008) and Brigitte (* 1920).
During the time of National Socialism she was banned from performing as a “ half-Jewish woman ”, although she emphasized her own National Socialist sentiments and her husband's party membership, and only received special permits to work as a music teacher. Her name appeared in the first edition in 1940 in Herbert Gerigks and Theophil Stengels Lexicon of Jews in Music .
literature
- Hannes Heer , Jürgen Kesting , Peter Schmidt: Silent voices: the Bayreuth Festival and the "Jews" from 1876 to 1945. An exhibition . Bayreuth Festival Park and Exhibition Hall New Town Hall Bayreuth, July 22 to October 14, 2012. Metropol, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86331-087-5 , p. 339 and 385
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Third, expanded and updated edition. Berlin 2000, p. 23324
Web links
- Emy von Stetten at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Nels , F XIX 1996, p. 317
- ↑ Eva Weissweiler eliminated! The Lexicon of the Jews in Music and its Murderous Consequences. Dittrich, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-920862-25-2 , p. 319
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| SURNAME | Stetten, Emy von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stetten, Emy Freifrau von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera and lieder singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1980 |