Hovslagarns Amanda
Bjerstedt, Sven LU
(2025)
In Kulturarv Västmanland
- Abstract
- A biography of Amanda Brandt (1833–1915), a farrier’s daughter and a poor orphan from Västerås, Sweden, who led an extraordinary life. When she was seventeen, one of Sweden’s most famous authors tried to cast suspicion on her for a theft he himself had committed. She toured Germany as a soprano singer and actress. At 27, she had her first child with the world-famous African American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge (1807–67), whom she married in London five years later. Their daughter Luranah (1860–1932) was an opera singer specialized in Wagner; composer Charles Gounod said her voice was the most beautiful he ever heard. Their daughter Amanda (1866–1956) was a composer, pianist,and teacher; she studied with “the Swedish nightingale” Jenny... (More)
- A biography of Amanda Brandt (1833–1915), a farrier’s daughter and a poor orphan from Västerås, Sweden, who led an extraordinary life. When she was seventeen, one of Sweden’s most famous authors tried to cast suspicion on her for a theft he himself had committed. She toured Germany as a soprano singer and actress. At 27, she had her first child with the world-famous African American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge (1807–67), whom she married in London five years later. Their daughter Luranah (1860–1932) was an opera singer specialized in Wagner; composer Charles Gounod said her voice was the most beautiful he ever heard. Their daughter Amanda (1866–1956) was a composer, pianist,and teacher; she studied with “the Swedish nightingale” Jenny Lind and later on taught, among others, Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- En biografi om Amanda Brandt (1833–1915), dotter till en hovslagare och en fattig föräldralös från Västerås, Sverige, som levde ett extraordinärt liv. När hon var sjutton år försökte en av Sveriges mest berömda författare kasta misstankar på henne för en stöld som han själv hade begått. Hon turnerade i Tyskland som sopran och skådespelerska. Vid 27 års ålder fick hon sitt första barn med den världsberömde afroamerikanske Shakespeare-skådespelaren Ira Aldridge (1807–67), som hon gifte sig med i London fem år senare. Deras dotter Luranah (1860–1932) var operasångerska specialiserad på Wagner; kompositören Charles Gounod sade att hennes röst var den vackraste han någonsin hört. Deras dotter Amanda (1866–1956) var kompositör, pianist och... (More)
- En biografi om Amanda Brandt (1833–1915), dotter till en hovslagare och en fattig föräldralös från Västerås, Sverige, som levde ett extraordinärt liv. När hon var sjutton år försökte en av Sveriges mest berömda författare kasta misstankar på henne för en stöld som han själv hade begått. Hon turnerade i Tyskland som sopran och skådespelerska. Vid 27 års ålder fick hon sitt första barn med den världsberömde afroamerikanske Shakespeare-skådespelaren Ira Aldridge (1807–67), som hon gifte sig med i London fem år senare. Deras dotter Luranah (1860–1932) var operasångerska specialiserad på Wagner; kompositören Charles Gounod sade att hennes röst var den vackraste han någonsin hört. Deras dotter Amanda (1866–1956) var kompositör, pianist och lärare; hon studerade med "den svenska näktergalen" Jenny Lind och undervisade senare bland andra Marian Anderson och Paul Robeson. (Less)
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- author
- Bjerstedt, Sven
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2025-07-01
- type
- Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Amanda Brandt, Ira Aldridge, Luranah Aldridge, Amanda Ira Aldridge, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Jenny Lind, teaterhistoria
- categories
- Popular Science
- in
- Kulturarv Västmanland
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- c7a6a91a-d529-492a-98e6-25f6505e22a4
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- https://kulturarvvastmanland.se/databas/artikel/personhistoria/hovslagarns-amanda-1
- date added to LUP
- 2025-07-04 00:43:26
- date last changed
- 2025-07-23 15:49:40
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