Maartje Offers
Encyclopedia
Maartje Offers was a Dutch contralto
classical singer.
Contralto
Contralto is the deepest female classical singing voice, with the lowest tessitura, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. It typically ranges between the F below middle C to the second G above middle C , although at the extremes some voices can reach the E below middle C or the second B above...
classical singer.
Recordings
- Het Puik van zoete kelen (The Cream of Glorious Voices) Philips Dutch Masters 464 385-2 Songs include "Where Corals LieWhere Corals Lie"Where Corals Lie" is a poem by Richard Garnett which was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar as the fourth song in his song-cycle Sea Pictures...
" from Elgar'sEdward ElgarSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
Sea PicturesSea PicturesSea Pictures, Op. 37 is a song cycle by Sir Edward Elgar consisting of five songs written by various poets. It was set for contralto and orchestra, though a distinct version for piano was often performed by Elgar...
. - Lebendige Vergangenheit Preiser Records 2916777
- Maartje Offers, contralto cd1: The Opera Recordings 1923-1927 - DDR 0703
- Maartje Offers, contralto cd2: The Lied & Song recordings, 1926-1930 - DDR 0704
External links
- Dutch Divas Maartje Offers biography (English)
- Discography
- Dutch Divas Maartje Offers biography (Dutch / Flemish)
- Maartje Offers (Contralto)
- Dutch contraltos
- Biografie van Offers, Maartje from Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland (Dutch / Flemish)