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Max Staegemann
Max Staegemann (10 May 1843 – 29 January 1905) was a German actor, operatic baritone and theatre director. Life Actor and singer Born in Bad Freienwalde in the Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Province of Brandenburg, Staegemann came from the Berlin merchant family Staegemann. His mother was Mathilde Leontine née Devrient (artist family), Devrient (28 June 1809 in Berlin – 25 October 1884 in Leipzig), the sister of the actors Karl August Devrient, Karl, Emil Devrient, Emil and Eduard Devrient, who was famous for her beauty. Staegemann attended the Kreuzschule (Dresden), Kreuzschule in Dresden, where the family had moved. Especially his uncle Emil encouraged the acting talent of his nephew, who was supposed to attend university according to his father's wish. Staegemann chose instead to attend the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden, Dresdner Konservatorium, where the actor Heine gave him lessons in dramatic performance. As early as 1862, the talented eleve rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the Greek language, Greek (), meaning "low sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second F below C (musical note), middle C to the F above middle C (i.e. Scientific pitch notation, F2–F4) in choral music, and from the second G below middle C to the G above middle C (G2 to G4) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of baritone include the baryton-Martin baritone (light baritone), lyric baritone, ''Kavalierbariton'', Verdi baritone, dramatic baritone, ''baryton-noble'' baritone, and the bass-baritone. History The first use of the term "baritone" emerged as ''baritonans'', late in the 15th century, usually in French Religious music, sacred Polyphony, polyphonic music. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
