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Nell Tangeman ( born Nell Tangeman ; December 21, 1914 , Columbus (Ohio) - February 15, 1965 , Washington ) - American opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).

She graduated from the Ohio University School of Music, then studied at the vocal department at the Cleveland Institute of Music . She also studied privately under the guidance of vocal teachers Friedrich Schorr and Margaret Matzenauer in New York, and had an internship in Europe with Nadi Boulanger .

She made her debut in New York in 1946, performing the part of Jocasta in a concert performance of Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein . In 1951 she was invited to the Venetian theater “ La Fenice ” to participate in the world premiere of Stravinsky’s other opera, “ The Adventures of the Hang ” (in the part of Mother Goose). In 1952, she took part in the world premiere of Bernstein's opera Unrest in Tahiti. Along with opera parts, she gave a lot of concerts, performing works by contemporary American composers; a particularly close relationship was connecting Tenjiman with Ned Rohrmem (for her, she wrote and performed for the first time a number of his vocal compositions, including Little Elegy, 1948). The only record left by Tenjimen is Arnold Schönberg 's Songs of Gurre with conductor Rene Leibowitz (1953), a work that has long been considered exemplary ^[2] .