Karl Erb (13 July 1877 – 13 July 1958) was a German tenor vocalist who made his career first in opera and then in oratorio and lieder recital. He excelled in all these genres, and before 1920 gave classic performances of key roles in modern works, and created lead roles in those of Hans Pfitzner. He was the first husband of Maria Ivogün, and was considered by many the ideal Evangelist in the St Matthew Passion of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Read more about Karl Erb: Origins and Early Training, Stuttgart, Lübeck, Stuttgart and Munich, Munich, The Erb-Ivogün Partnership, Tribulations, Later Career, Literary Reference
Famous quotes containing the word karl:
“a big picture of K. Marx with an axe,
“Where I cut off one it will never grow again.”
O Karl would it were true
I’d put my saw to work for you
& the wicked social tree would fall right down.”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)