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Dec 15, 2000 · DOI: 10.2307/J.CTVG8P36M.3 Corpus ID: 187047238; PAULINE STRAUSS-DE AHNA.: Weg und Wirkung als Sängerin @inproceedings{SchmidtNeusatz2000PAULINESA, title={PAULINE STRAUSS-DE AHNA.:
Sep 11, 2017 · The Hero’s Companion -An extended violin solo depicts Strauss’ wife, the singer Pauline de Ahna. He described her as, “very complex, very feminine, a little perverse, a little coquettish, never like herself, at every minute different from how she had been a moment before”.
The songs of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) are among the most memorable works of a composer who found a profound satisfaction in writing for singers. His wife of 55 years, Pauline de Ahna, had an important career as an operatic soprano, and their relationship certainly accounted, to some extent, for Strauss’s devotion to vocal writing.
Apr 3, 2019 · One name comes to mind…. Pauline. Pauline de Ahna Strauss, c. 1900. Pauline Maria de Ahna was born in Ingolstadt, Bavaria on February 4th, 1863. She was an operatic soprano who trained in Munich and performed roles such as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte in Weimar, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at Bayreuth, as well as one of the Flowermaidens in Parsifal.
The general’s daughter Pauline de Ahna, born on February 4, 1863 in Ingolstadt (she would make herself 11 years younger for professional reasons relating to her career) was not only a talented singer but also had a character with temperament.
Artist information Sort name: de Ahna, Pauline Type: Person Gender: Female Born: 1863-02-04 Born in: Ingolstadt, Bayern, Germany Died: 1950-05-13 (aged 87) Died in: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bayern, Germany
Even Strauss’s most lavishily scored symphonic poems and operas contain many of the effects of intimate chamber music. He also had a superb understanding of the female voice. This came from soprano Pauline de Ahna, who was his wife of 55 years.
