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MARA, GERTRUD ELISABETH (1749-1833)

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MARA, GERTRUD ELISABETH (1749-1833) , See also:German See also:singer, was See also:born at See also:Cassel, the daughter of a poor musician named Schmeling. From him she learnt the See also:violin, and while still a See also:child her playing at the See also:fair at See also:Frankfort was so remarkable that See also:money was collected to provide for her. She was helped by influential See also:friends, and studied under See also:Hillel at See also:Leipzig for five years, proving to be endowed with a wonderful See also:soprano See also:voice. She began to sing in public in 1771, and was soon recognized as the greatest singer that See also:Germany had produced. She was permanently engaged for the Prussian See also:Court, but her See also:marriage to a debauched violinist named Mara created difficulties, and in 1780 she was released. After singing at See also:Vienna, See also:Munich and elsewhere, she appeared in See also:Paris in 1782, where her rivalry with the singer See also:Todi See also:developed into a See also:regular See also:faction. In 1784 she went to See also:London, and continued to appear there with See also:great success, with visits at intervals to See also:Italy and to Paris till 1802, when for some years she retired to See also:Russia. She visited See also:England again in 1819, but then abandoned the See also:stage. She went to See also:Livonia, and died on the loth of See also:January 1833 at Revel.

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