Papier, Rosa

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Papier, Rosa

Papier, Rosa, Austrian mezzo-soprano; b. Baden, near Vienna, Sept. 15, 1858; d. Vienna, Feb. 9, 1932. She sang at the Vienna Court Opera, and later taught at the Vienna Cons. In 1881 she married the pianist Hans Paumgartner. Their son was the conductor and musicologist Bernhard Paumgartner .

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