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Hermann Prey

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German lyric baritone singer (1929-1998)

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Hermann Prey was a German lyric baritone, who was equally at home in the Lied, operatic and concert repertoires. His American debut was in November 1952, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, and his American recital debut took place in 1956, at New York's Carnegie Hall.

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1986Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
1981Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bavarian Order of Merit
Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria

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Hermann Prey was a German lyric baritone, who was equally at home in the Lied, operatic and concert repertoires. His American debut was in November 1952, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy, and his American recital debut took place in 1956, at New York's Carnegie Hall. As a Lieder singer, he was a gifted interpreter of Schubert, including his song-cycles Die schöne Müllerin and Die Winterreise and the collection of songs Schwanengesang, as well as of Robert Schumann, Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler. He also appeared frequently as a soloist in Bach's Passions and Brahms' A German Requiem.

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Germany
Category
Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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deceased
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Lived 1929 to 1998 · aged 69
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