"Shades of Schumann-Heink -- give that calf more rope!". From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
In 1926 Schumann-Heink first sang “Silent Night” in English and German on the radio at Christmas. From Wordnik.com. [Ernestine Schumann-Heink.] Reference
In 1905 Schumann-Heink married William Rapp, Jr., a Chicago lawyer who had become her manager and who was thirteen years her junior. From Wordnik.com. [Ernestine Schumann-Heink.] Reference
Schumann-Heink sang in Chicago in 1897 and made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Ortrud on January 9, 1899, a few weeks after giving birth to her seventh child. From Wordnik.com. [Ernestine Schumann-Heink.] Reference
I can remember Madame Schumann-Heink and Mr. Sousa doing "The Star-Spangled Banner" rather well, but then I don't recall much else, except Noreen Symington and her cornet. From Wordnik.com. [The Day I Spoke for Mr. Lincoln] Reference
Though not beautiful, Schumann-Heink turned her plainness into an asset by playing the part of an ideal, self-sacrificing mother who loved her children (that is, everybody) yet scolded them when they did not come up to expectations. From Wordnik.com. [Ernestine Schumann-Heink.] Reference
As a naturalized American of Austrian origin, with a brother in command of an Austrian warship, her son August Heink in the German navy and her stepson Walter Schumann and sons Henry Heink and George Washington Schumann all in the American navy and with two sisters living in Germany, Schumann-Heink found her love for her new country clashed with that for the old. From Wordnik.com. [Ernestine Schumann-Heink.] Reference
Think of the artists who can do it -- Farrar, Gluck, Schumann-Heink. From Wordnik.com. [Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers] Reference
Among them one noticed messages from Mme. Schumann-Heink, the Flonzaley Quartet. From Wordnik.com. [Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers] Reference
In justice to the fine contralto, Schumann-Heink, I will relate my first impressions of her in song. From Wordnik.com. [Sixty Years of California Song] Reference
Instead, Schumann-Heink sang her lieder for them; McCutcheon talked and cartooned for them; Madame Bloomfield-Zeisler played. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Herself] Reference
Schumann-Heink sings the music of Erda with some sense of its mystery and of Waltraute in "Siegfried" with considerable passion; and. From Wordnik.com. [Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians] Reference
"Land of the Sky Blue Water," but genuine operatic stuff, such as you hear Louise Homer and Schumann-Heink shootin 'on the three-dollar records. From Wordnik.com. [Shorty McCabe on the Job] Reference
Mme. Schumann-Heink was set down to sing the prologue, but illness prevented at the first representation, and the music was sung by Mme. Mantelli. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference
Mme. Schumann-Heink, though announced as a member of the company, interrupted her concert activity only long enough to sing once, and then she sang in an Italian opera ( "Il Trovatore"), albeit she did her part in German. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference
Schumann-Heink, Calvé, Eames, de Reszke, Adams, Sembrich and Terina, but their stars have gained their heights, and we must expect to see them dim and wane, but before they are entirely gone let us hope there will be others as good to take their places. From Wordnik.com. [Sixty Years of California Song] Reference
Schumann-Heink, the Last of Titans. From Wordnik.com. [Ernestine Schumann-Heink.] Reference
(a winsome singer of extremely light caliber), Marie Mattfeld (an acquaintance of the Damrosch days), Mme. Schumann-Heink (returned for. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference
Schumann-Heink sang adorably. From Wordnik.com. [Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay] Reference
Schumann-Heink, as. From Wordnik.com. [Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques] Reference
"Ernestine Schumann-Heink.". From Wordnik.com. [Ernestine Schumann-Heink.] Reference
Gulbranson, Brema, and Schumann-Heink. From Wordnik.com. [Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians] Reference
I can still hear Madame Schumann-Heink!”. From Wordnik.com. [Ernestine Schumann-Heink.] Reference
Schumann-Heink, and the re-engagement of Renaud, Bressler-Gianoli. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference
Mr. Grau had determined to disclose the entire strength of his company, and to that end, settling the order in some diplomatic manner, into the secret of which he let neither reporter nor public, he made a program according to which Mesdames Gadski and Schumann-Heink and Messrs. Dippel, Bispham, Mühlmann, and Édouard de Reszke were to perform the first act of "Lohengrin," Mesdames Calvé, Marilly, and Bridewell and. From Wordnik.com. [Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time] Reference
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