Mysz-Gmeiner, Lula (née Gmeiner)

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Mysz-Gmeiner, Lula (née Gmeiner)

Mysz-Gmeiner, Lula (née Gmeiner), noted Hungarian contralto; b. Kronstadt, Transylvania, Aug. 16, 1876; d. Schwerin, Aug. 7, 1948. She studied violin in her native town, and singing in Berlin with Etelka Gerster and Lilli Lehmann. She made her concert debut in Berlin in 1899; then traveled in Europe as a concert singer; was greatly praised for her interpretations of German lieder. She was a prof, at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik (1920–45), numbering among her students Peter Anders and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

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