Marianne Oswald
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Marianne Oswald (January 9, 1901 – February 25, 1985) was the stage name of Sarah Alice Bloch, a French singer and actress born in Sarreguemines in Alsace-Lorraine. She took this stage name from a character she much admired, the unhappy Oswald in the Ibsen play Ghosts.[1] She was noted for her hoarse voice, heavy half-Lorraine, half-German accent, and for singing about unrequited love, despair, sadness, and death. She sang the songs of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht.[2] She was friends with Jean Cocteau, Jacques Prévert, François Mauriac, and Albert Camus.[3] In fact, the text for one of her album covers was written by Camus.[4] She was an inspiration for the composers Francis Poulenc and Arthur Honegger.[5]
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Marianne Oswald | |
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Born | Sarah Alice Bloch (1901-01-09)January 9, 1901 |
Died | February 25, 1985(1985-02-25) (aged 84) |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | singer, actress |
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