1. Amalie Marie Joachim was an Austrian-German contralto, working in opera and concert and as voice teacher.
15 Facts About Amalie Joachim
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Amalie Joachim was the wife of the violinist Joseph Joachim, and a friend of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, with whom she made international tours.
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Amalie Joachim appeared on stage from age 14, under the stage name Amalie Weiss.
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Amalie Joachim's performing career started in Troppau via Hermannstadt eventually leading her to the Vienna Karntnertortheater.
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Amalie Joachim participated in choral performances of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin up to 1870, and became one of their honorary members.
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Amalie Joachim wrote one song for their wedding and the baptism of their first son, who was named Johannes after Brahms, and the other decades later with the intention to help the couple's troubled marriage.
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Amalie Joachim was a voice teacher and, on the recommendation of Johannes Brahms, Marie Fillunger studied under her at the Hochschule in Berlin in 1874.
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The marriage was dissolved after 21 years, after the jealous Amalie Joachim had accused her of adultery.
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Amalie Joachim performed more often after the divorce, to make money.
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Amalie Joachim soon became irresistible and people decided they could support both her and Joseph.
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Amalie Joachim founded a school of singing in Berlin.
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Amalie Joachim's teaching style was inspired by Joseph's pedagogical techniques.
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Amalie Joachim seems to fall off the face of the earth.
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Amalie Joachim was left out of "Artists on Brahms" despite premiering many of his songs.
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Amalie Joachim died in 1899 in Berlin due to complications from a gallbladder surgery and was buried at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Cemetery.