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Marga Höffgen (Contralto) |
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Born: April 26, 1921 - Mülheim an der Ruhr[1], Germany
Died: July 7, 1995 - Müllheim, Baden, Germany |
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The German contralto, Marga Höffgen, studied at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik with Hermann Weissenborn.
Marga Höffgen made her concert debut in Berlin in 1952. In 1952 she made a highly successful appearance in Vienna as a soloist in J.S. Bach's Mätthaus-Passion (BWV 244) conducted by Herbert von Karajan. She then was active as a concert singer in Europe. She also appeared in opera at Covent Garden in London, at the Vienna State Opera, and at the Bayreuth Festival. Together with Hertha Töpper, Marga Höffgen was one of the leading contralto singers of J.S. Bach’s vocal works during the 1950’s and the 1960’s, and she recorded many of them with actually most of the leading J.S. Bach’s German conductors of the period. |
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[1] According to "Opernlexikon" she was born in Müllheim, Baden, the same city she later died. |
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Sources:
Mostly Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians (1997)
Opernlexikon (Author: Horst Seeger, 4th revised edition 1989)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2001); Johannes Honigmann (June 2006) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Theodor Egel |
Alto |
BWV 232 [NYR], BWV 245 [NYR]
TV Broadcast: BWV 248 |
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Wilhelm Furtwängler |
Alto |
BWV 244 |
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Eugen Jochum |
Alto |
BWV 244 [2nd], BWV 244 [3rd], BWV 245 (x2) |
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Herbert von Karajan |
Alto |
BWV 232 [2nd] |
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Fritz Lehmann |
Alto |
BWV 245 |
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Karl Münchinger |
Alto |
Radio: BWV 243 [1st], BWV 244 |
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Günther Ramin |
Alto |
BWV 245 [1st], BWV 245 [2nd] |
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Karl Richter |
Alto |
[CR-1] (1969, Audio): BWV 12, BWV 30, BWV 243
BWV 232 [4th]
[V-20] (1957) BWV 244 [1st recording; Arias, Recitatives]
[V-21] (1957): BWV 245 [1st recording; Arias, Recitatives]
BWV 244 [3rd] |
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Kurt Thomas |
Alto |
BWV 4, BWV 11, BWV 54, BWV 71, BWV 111
[CR-164] (1960, Radio Recording): BWV 164
BWV 243, BWV 244 [2nd recording, 1958], BWV 248 |
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Fritz Werner |
Alto |
BWV 67, BWV 78, BWV 245 |
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Helmuth Rilling |
Alto |
BWV 41, BWV 48, BWV 96, BWV 125, BWV 146 |
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