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Mária Basilides

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Mária Basilides
Basilides, c. 1920
Basilides, c. 1920
Background information
Birth nameBasilides Mária Viola Matild
Born(1886-11-11)November 11, 1886
Jelšava, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
DiedSeptember 26, 1946(1946-09-26) (aged 59)
Budapest, Hungarian Republic
Genres
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVoice (contralto)
Years active1911–1946
SpouseIstván Péterfi (married 1913)

Basilides Mária (Hungarian) or Mária Basilides (11 November 1886 – 26 September 1946) was a Hungarian contralto singer.[1][2][3]

She was born in Jelšava on 11 November 1886, and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music.She married music critic Péterfi István  [hu].[1]

Engagement photograph of Basiilides and Péterfi, 1912 or 1913

She died in Budapest on 26 September 1946[3] and is buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.

Basilides' tomb in Budapest

References

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  1. ^ a b Várnai, Péter P. (2001). "Basilides, Mária". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02211.
  2. ^ "Maria Basilides (Contralto) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Basilides Mária". OperaDigiTár (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.

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