Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius
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Deurne (Netherlands)
Deurne is a rural municipality and eponymous village in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. Including the villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Neerkant, and Helenaveen, Deurne has a population of almost 32.000 on an area of 118.02 km2....
- 6 April 1949, Hilversum
Hilversum
is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Located in the region called "'t Gooi", it is the largest town in that area. It is surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages...
) was a noted Dutch
Netherlands
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classical soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
who had an active performance career in the concert repertoire from 1888 up into the 1930s. She was also a celebrated voice teacher
Voice teacher
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. From 1886-1890 she studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam is a Dutch academy of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, the city's vocational university of arts...
. In 1893 she married painter Michiel Noordewier.
She was a mentor to singers such as Aafje Heynis
Aafje Heynis
Aafje Heynis is a Dutch contralto. In 1961, she was awarded the Harriet Cohen International Music Award. A tea rose, hybridised by Buisman 1964, was named after her.-Biography:...
and Laurens Bogtman
Laurens Bogtman
Laurens Bogtman was a Dutch baritone.Unlike many contemporary singers his career began late at the age of 30, and he studied singing in Berlin, with Otto Iro in Vienna and with Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius in Hilversum.Bogtmam debuted in 1932 in a concert of the Kölner Bachverein...
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Asteroid
Asteroid
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677 Aaltje
677 Aaltje
677 Aaltje is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.It is named after the Dutch singer Aaltje Noordewier-Reddingius. -External links:*...
is named in her honour.