Amalie Joachim
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Amalie Marie Joachim was an Austrian-German contralto, working in opera and concert and as voice teacher. She was the wife of the violinist Joseph Joachim, and a friend of both Clara Schumann and Joha
Amalie Joachim,Photographie von J. C. Schaarwächter
Opernhaus Hannover
Joseph und Amalie Joachim, by Adolf Neumann, in Die Gartenlaube, 1873
Plaster bust of Amalie Weiss Joachim by sculptor Elisabet Ney, executed in 1867 and commissioned by her husband, Joseph Joachim.
Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91, were composed by Johannes Brahms for his friends Joseph Joachim and his wife Amalie. The text of the first song, "Gestillte Sehnsucht", is a poem by Fried
Amalie Joachim
…participated in choral performances of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin up to 1870, and became one of their honorary members. Johannes Brahms dedicated his Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano to Amalie and her husband, which the three could perform together. He wrote one of the two songs for their wedding and the baptism of their first son…
Joseph Joachim and his wife Amalie, to whom the songs were dedicated