Raimund von zur-Mühlen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Raimund von zur-Mühlen

German operatic tenor

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1854

Place of Birth: Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonia

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1931

Profession: singer, opera singer, music pedagogue

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Raimund von zur-Mühlen

  • Baron Raimund von zur-Mühlen (sometimes "Raymond", "Raimund von Zur Mühlen") (10 November 1854 in Uusna Manor (Neu-Tennasilm), Viljandi Parish (now in Viiratsi Parish), Viljandi County, Governorate of Livonia – 11 December 1931 in Wiston, near Steyning, England) was a celebrated tenor Lieder singer who also became a famous teacher of singing, instructing many famous artists.
  • His Lieder-interpretations are legendary. He was a student of Auguste Hohenschildt, Felix Schmidt, Adolf Schulze, Julius Stockhausen and Clara Schumann.
  • He made his debut in 1878, together with Hans Schmidt, in Riga.
  • After this he continued working on his capabilities as a singer, above all with Manuel Garcia, Beniamino Carelli and Pauline Viardot.He is recognised as a founder of the Lieder-abend or evening recital of the German concert Lieder as a distinct performance entity.
  • His interpretation of Lieder and his specialist study of Lieder interpretation were of the utmost importance in the evolution of the Lieder genre itself.
  • He gave Schumann Lieder-recitals with Clara Schumann.
  • She set him on the path to London, where he gave his first concert in 1883.
  • At one of his concerts, Johannes Brahms shouted out, 'Endlich, endlich habe ich meinen Sänger gefunden!' (At last, at last, I have found my singer). Thereafter he spent much time in London.
  • In 1907 he emigrated to England, with homes in London and Steyning.
  • His last stay in Germany must have been in 1913-1914 in Berlin, where he gave a course of Masterclasses.
  • Thereafter he lived in England for the remainder of his life.
  • Here he met for the last time Monika Hunnius, author and singing-teacher, who had regularly studied with him in 1904-1911 at the Schloss Fellin at Neuhäuser, and developed a deep friendship with him. In his younger days he usually appeared with his habitual accompanist and kindred spirit Hans Schmidt.
  • Among his later accompanists were Victor Beigel and Coenraad V.
  • Bos.
  • Bos mentions him in his book: the singer gave his young accompanist no encouragement, but criticized him severely.
  • After their fifth concert together he was told 'You must have played well today, for I did not notice you.' He was the teacher of Lula Mysz-Gmeiner (who taught Elisabeth Schwarzkopf), of Mark Raphael, Hans Lissman, Eva Jekelius-Lissman, Rose Walter, Eidé Norena, Martha Lipton, Georg A.
  • Walter, Fanny Opfer, Naima Wifstrand, and Hermann Weißenborn, among many others. He was considered an ideal Lieder singer.
  • He is also described as an eccentric.
  • He was born of an aristocratic family.
  • His valuable collection of documents, musical and artistic papers were destroyed in 1930 in a great fire at his house near Steyning.

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