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Definition of Schumann-Heink
1. Noun. United States operatic contralto (1861-1936).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schumann-Heink
Literary usage of Schumann-Heink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Music: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and by William Smythe Babcock Mathews (1900)
"Schumann-Heink sang in two concerts, always with the greatest acceptance.
Her voice, her interpretation, her bearing, were equally satisfactory, ..."
2. Heart Songs Dear to the American People by Joe Mitchell Chapple (1909)
"ERNESTINE Schumann-Heink The famous Austrian prima donna. She was born near
Prague, Austria. 1861, and at the age of seventeen was leading contralto at the ..."
3. THIRTY YEARS OF MUSICAL LIFE IN LONDON, 1870-1900 by Hermann Klein (1903)
"CHAPTER XVI German opera at Covent Garden—Mahler as conductor—D6- buts of Alvary
and Schumann-Heink—A growing repertory— Victor Maurel and Manuel Garcia: ..."
4. The Bookman (1899)
"... but justice demands that we call especial attention to the Erda of Schumann-Heink,
whose rich voice lent a real enchantment to the drowsy earth- ..."
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