Brita Catharina Lidbeck

Brita Catharina Lidbeck, also Brita Catharina Munck af Rosenschöld (1788 – 2 March 1864) was a Swedish Dilettante concert singer. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.[1]

Brita Catharina Lidbeck

She was the daughter of Petrus Munck af Rosenschöld, bishop in Lund. She married Anders Lidbeck, professor in Lund, in 1817. She was a student of the opera singer Karl Magnus Craelius, and made her public debut at a concert arranged by him in Stockholm in 1813. Brita Catharina Lidbeck was a non-professional concert singer. She performed at charity concerts and in musical societies. She was inducted to the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1827. She performed in public for the last time on a charity concert to the benefit of the students of the Royal Academy of Music the 6 March 1842. Singers from the royal academy performed at her funeral.

See also

Sources

  • Lidbeck, Brita Catharina i Arvid Ahnfelt, Europas konstnärer (1887)
  • Crustenstolpe, Magnus. ”Brita Catharina Lidbeck [nekrolog]”. Svea Folk-kalender (1865): sid. 130-132. Libris 2105141
  • Gustaf Hilleström: Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, Matrikel 1771-1971
  • Lidbeck, Brita Catharina i Wilhelmina Stålberg, Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (1864)

References

  1. Gustaf Hilleström: Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, Matrikel 1771-1971

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