Christina Fredenheim
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Christina Elisabet Fredenheim (née
NEE
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 Hebbe) (1762–1841) was a Swedish artist, singer and noble. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Royal Swedish Academy of Music
The Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden...

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Christina Fredenheim was a well-known and acknowledged non professional musician and singer. She was married to the noble Carl Fredrik Fredenheim, intendent of the Royal academies. She was considered a very good soprano, but her lack of professional training caused her to make some noted mistakes in her performances. Her social position made it considered to be unsuitable for her to perform professionally; as other dilettante
Amateur
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 artists from the upper classes, she performed in public only at charity concerts and such, otherwise only in private. In 1799, for example, she performed in a concert in Stockholm in a duett with Marianne Ehrenström
Marianne Ehrenström
Marianne Ehrenström, née Pollet , was a Swedish writer, singer, painter, pianist, culture personality, memorialist, principal and lady-in-waiting...

 accompanied by Christoffer Christian Karsten
Christoffer Christian Karsten
Christoffer Christian Karsten was a Swedish opera singer, sometimes called the greatest male opera singer in Swedish history...

 and with Margareta Alströmer
Margareta Alströmer
Margareta Hedvig Alströmer, as married Cronstedt af Fullerö, , was a Swedish painter, singer and countess...

 playing Clavichord
Clavichord
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, and in 1801, she sang the parts of Eve and the angel Gabriel in the performance of creation by Haydn. In 1795, she was elected as a member in to the Swedish Royal Academy of Music, together with Margareta Alströmer
Margareta Alströmer
Margareta Hedvig Alströmer, as married Cronstedt af Fullerö, , was a Swedish painter, singer and countess...

, Ulrica Bouck and Anna Brita Wendelius
Anna Brita Wendelius
Anna Brita Wendelius, , was a Swedish artist and singer. She was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.Anna Brita Wendelius, who was married to a wealthy merchant, was known as a non professional musician and singer...

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