Emy Freifrau von Stetten (6 April 1898 – 22 February 1980) was a German oratorio, opera and Lied soprano and music teacher at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt.
Life Born Emilie Brode in Königsberg, she was a daughter of Ellida Wittich and Max Brode,Max Brode: Erinnerungen Peter Brode on kultur-in-ostpreussen the founder and conductor of the Königsberg Symphony Orchestra. Until her divorce in 1948, she was married , F XIX 1996, to the Austrian painter Norbert von Stetten. The marriage produced two daughters, Ellida (1919-2008) and Brigitte (b. 1920).Emy von Stetten on Üniversität Hamburg
During the National Socialist era, she was banned from performing as a "half-Jew", although she emphasised her own National Socialist sentiments and her husband's party membership, and was only given special permits to work as a music teacher. In Herbert Gerigk's and Theophil Stengel's Lexikon der Juden in der Musik her name already appeared in the first edition (1940).Eva Weissweiler Ausgemerzt! Das Lexikon der Juden in der Musik und seine mörderischen Folgen. Dittrich, Cologne 1999, ,
References
Further reading Hannes Heer, Jürgen Kesting, Peter Schmidt: Verstummte Stimmen: die Bayreuther Festspiele und die "Juden" 1876 bis 1945. Eine Ausstellung. Festspielpark Bayreuth und Ausstellungshalle Neues Rathaus Bayreuth, 22. Juli bis 14. Oktober 2012. Metropol, Berlin 2012, , Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon. Dritte, erweiterte und aktualisierte Auflage. Berlin 2000,
External links Stetten Emmy von on operissimo