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

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)

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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