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Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936

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Personal name headingSchumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936
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Variant(s)Schumann-Heink, Madame (Ernestine), 1861-1936
Heink, Ernestine Schumann-, 1861-1936
Schuman-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936
Rössler, Ernestine, 1861-1936
Schumann-Heink, Tini, 1861-1936
Rössler, Tini, 1861-1936
Associated countryAustria
Birth date1861-06-15
Death date1936-11-17
Place of birthLibeň (Prague, Czech Republic)
Place of deathHollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Field of activityMusic
Profession or occupationContraltos Mezzo-sopranos
Found inHallmark hall of fame. Cradle song [MP] 1955-05-08 (Ernestine Schumann-Heink)
Performing arts biog. master index, 1981 (Ernestine Schumann Heink; Madame Schumann-Heink; b. 1861 d. 1936)
Be it ever so humble, c2002: prelim p. (Ernestine Schuman-Heink)
Grove music online, Jan. 28, 2004: Opera (Schumann-Heink (née Rössler; Heink), Ernestine (Tini); b. June 15, 1861, Lieben, near Prague, d. Nov. 17, 1936, Hollywood; Austrian contralto and mezzo-soprano, later naturalized American; "in 1893, having divorced her first husband [Ernst Heink], she married the actor Paul Schumann, assuming the familiar hyphenated form of her surname")
Strauss, Richard. Selected Lieder recordings 1901-1946, ℗2014: booklet, page 39 (Schumann-Heink, Ernestine; born Tini Rössler, 1861, Libeň, Bohemia; died 1936, Hollywood, California; contralto)