Ernestine Schumann-Heink
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Ernestine Schumann-Heink was a Bohemian-born Austrian-American operatic dramatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the flexibility and wide range of her voice. Heink and Schumann
Ernestine Schumann Heink
Schumann-Heink in 1916
Schumann-Heink for the Third Liberty Loan Campaign, April 1918 in New York City
Veterans' farewell to Schumann-Heink, Hollywood, 20 November 1936
Julian Edwards
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Julian Edwards was an English composer of light operatic music, who composed many successful Broadway shows in the Progressive Era. He attempted to introduce new levels of musical sophistication to th
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
…were divorced in 1892 when Ernestine was thirty-one years old. She came to the United States to make a brief foray into Broadway theatre, playing in Julian Edwards' operetta Love's Lottery, in which her performance was noted for the fact that she often broke off to ask the audience whether her English was good…
Julian Edwards in 1896
Score for Edwards' musical comedy The Motor Girl.
The published score of King René's Daughter