LC control no. | n 50019659 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML420.V36 Biography |
Personal name heading | Viardot-García, Pauline, 1821-1910 |
Variant(s) | Виардо, Полина, 1821-1910 Viardo, Polina, 1821-1910 Viardot, Pauline, 1821-1910 Виардо-Гарсиа, Полина, 1821-1910 Viardo-Garsia, Polina, 1821-1910 Garcia, Pauline Viardot-, 1821-1910 Гарсиа, Мишель-Фердинанда-Полина, 1821-1910 Garsia, Mishelʹ-Ferdinanda-Polina, 1821-1910 Garsia, Polina, 1821-1910 Viardot-García, Michelle Ferdinande Pauline, 1821-1910 |
Other standard no. | 000000010915619X 73929645 Q122998 |
Associated country | France |
Associated place | Europe |
Birth date | 1821-07-18 |
Death date | 1910-05-18 |
Place of birth | Paris (France) |
Place of death | Paris (France) |
Field of activity | Singing Composition (Music) Opera |
Profession or occupation | Mezzo-sopranos Composers Voice teachers |
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Found in | Héritte de la Tour, L. Mémoires de Louise Héritte-Viardot ... 1923. Rozanov, A. Polina Viardo-Garsia, 1982: t.p. (Polina Viardo-Garsia) p. 7 (Mishelʹ-Ferdinanda-Polina Garsia) plate 4 (Polina Garsia) Norton/Grove dict. of women composers (Viardot (née García), (Michelle Ferdinande) Pauline; b. July 18, 1821, Paris, d. May 18, 1910, Paris; French mezzo-soprano, composer and singing teacher, of Spanish origin) Baker, 8th ed. (Viardot-García, (Michelle Ferdinande) Pauline) New York times, 17 July 2021: in an article entitled, "New attention for a 19th Century opera queen" on page C2 (Pauline Viardot; born Michelle-Pauline-Ferdinande-Laurence Garcia on 18 July 1821 in Paris; daughter of Manuel Garcia, an international opera star; with a voice of uncommon range and flexibility, [Pauline] Viardot became famous on Europe's major stages in signature roles; composers sought her out for important premieres; following her father, she was a gifted composer as well as a brilliant singer; Viardot wrote hundreds of pieces, the majority of them songs for solo voice and piano; true to her specialty, Viardot also wrote operas) |