Mária Basilides

Mária Basilides
Basilides, c. 1920
Background information
Birth name	Basilides Mária Viola Matild
Born	(1886-11-11)November 11, 1886 Jelšava, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died	September 26, 1946(1946-09-26) (aged 59) Budapest, Hungarian Republic
Genres	Opera oratorio art song
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Voice (contralto)
Years active	1911–1946
Spouse	István Péterfi (married 1913)

Basilides Mária (Hungarian) or Mária Basilides (11 November 1886 – 26 September 1946) was a Hungarian contralto singer.[1][2][3]

She was born in Jelšava on 11 November 1886, and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music.She married music critic Péterfi István  [hu].[1]

Engagement photograph of Basiilides and Péterfi, 1912 or 1913

She died in Budapest on 26 September 1946[3] and is buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.

Basilides' tomb in Budapest

References

1. Várnai, Péter P. (2001). "Basilides, Mária". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02211.
2. "Maria Basilides (Contralto) - Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
3. "Basilides Mária". OperaDigiTár (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.

Further reading

• Molnár, Jenő Antal (1967). Basilides Mária. Budapest: Zeneműkiadó.