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Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Jun 15, 1861 - Nov 17, 1936 (75 years old) in Libeň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Prague, Czech Republic]

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Ernestine Schumann-Heink was a Czech-born German-American operatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the size, beauty, tonal richness, flexibility and wide range of her voice.

Known For

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The Wedding March
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The Golden Twenties
Self (archive footage)
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Here's to Romance
Mme. Schumann-Heink
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Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco
Herself
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Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink

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