Marie Kraja
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| Born | 24 September 1911 |
| Died | 21 November 1999 (aged 88) Tirana, Albania |
| Nationality | Albanian |
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| Education | University of Music and Performing Arts Graz |
| Occupation | Singer |
Marie Kraja or Marie Paluca (24 September 1911 – 21 November 1999) was an Albanian
Life
Kraja was born in 1911 in
Kraja's singing was peculiar, because she had a German way of phrasing her words, which gave a precision to the phrasing of the lyrics she sang. She started to sing traditional urban songs (Albanian urban lyric songs), and she was able to show how a professionally trained singer could present them. She worked with Lola Gjoka, who was the arranger of the harmonies and also the pianist, and together they recorded over 300 songs. By today's standards the recordings were not perfect, but they still survive today.[3]
In 1937 she gave a recital in Bari, Italy, and the following year she gave concerts in Munich, Germany.[4] That same year she was included in a concert in June with Tefta Tashko-Koço and Lola Gjoka, to raise funds for the baritone Kristo Koço (Tefta Tashko-Koço's husband). He needed the money in order complete his singing lessons he was taking in Milan.[3] In 1939 she gave a recital in Florence before returning home.[4]
After the Second World War, Kraja taught at the
Kraja died in
See also
References
- OCLC 16394067.
This morning, she paid a visit at the home of Artiste of the People Marije Kraja, a relative, as well as to the house where her mother and sister had lived for a long time. Mother Teresa then visited the No 40 Kindergarten in Tirana ...
- ISBN 9780203087510.
Albanian Catholic opera singer Marije Kraja, who is also known to have organized their funerals
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-4890-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.
- ^ Besarta (24 September 2015). "Sopranoja brilante Marie Kraja". Gazeta Vatra. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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