Mária Basilides
Basilides Mária (Hungarian) or Mária Basilides (11 November 1886 – 26 September 1946) was a Hungarian contralto singer. She was born in Jelšava on 11 November 1886, and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music.She married music critic Péterfi István. • Illustration — Engagement photograph of Basiilides and Péterfi, 1912 or 1913 She died in Budapest on 26 September 1946 and is buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest. • Illustration — Basilides' tomb in Budapest
Also recorded as Maria Basilides · Maria von Basilides · Basilides Mária
Mária Basilides
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- Name
- Mária Basilides
- Birth Name
- Basilides Mária Viola Matild
- Born
- 11 November 1886
- Birthplace
- Jelšava, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 26 September 1946
- Place of death
- Budapest, Hungarian Republic
- Occupation
- Singer
- Spouse
- István Péterfi (married 1913)
- Full name
- Basilides Mária Viola Matild.
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Fields
- music and opera.
- Education
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music.
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Basilides Mária (Hungarian) or Mária Basilides (11 November 1886 – 26 September 1946) was a Hungarian contralto singer. She was born in Jelšava on 11 November 1886, and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music.She married music critic Péterfi István. • Illustration — Engagement photograph of Basiilides and Péterfi, 1912 or 1913 She died in Budapest on 26 September 1946 and is buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest. • Illustration — Basilides' tomb in Budapest
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• Background — person • Name — Mária Basilides • Birth Name — Basilides Mária Viola Matild • Born — 11 November 1886 • Birthplace — Jelšava, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary • Died — 26 September 1946 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungarian Republic • Genre — * Opera • oratorio • art song • Occupation — Singer • Instrument — Voice (contralto) • Years Active — 1911–1946 • Spouse — István Péterfi (married 1913)
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Identity and origins
Mária Basilides was recorded at birth as Basilides Mária Viola Matild. The authorities additionally record the headings Maria Basilides, Maria von Basilides and Basilides Mária. Her recorded language was Hungarian. She married István Péterfi.
Commemorative plaque to Mrs. Mária Basilides (1886-1946) Hungarian operatic singer and to her husband, Mr István Péterfi (1884–1962) music critic. I was affixed on the wall of their former home in Budapest. (Budapest, District VI, Eötvös Street Nr 29).
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Mária Basilides and István Péterfi commemorative plaque in Budapest District VI, Eötvös Street No 29
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Mária Basilides died at Budapest.
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