# Emmy Heim

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**Emmy Heim** (**Emilie Heim**; 10 September 1885 – 13 October 1954) was an Austrian [soprano](/source/Soprano) singer and voice teacher. In her later career she lived in England and Canada.

## Life

### Early life and career

Heim was born in Vienna in 1885. She studied singing there with her mother and with Frances Mütter. She made her debut in 1911 at the [Bösendorfer-Saal](/source/B%C3%B6sendorfer-Saal), and became well known as a concert singer in Austria, appearing many times at the [Konzerthaus, Vienna](/source/Konzerthaus,_Vienna), and touring Germany, France and Switzerland.[1][2]

She performed songs by [Franz Schubert](/source/Franz_Schubert) and [Robert Schumann](/source/Robert_Schumann), and also sang contemporary works by [Arnold Schoenberg](/source/Arnold_Schoenberg), [Alban Berg](/source/Alban_Berg) and others. In 1915 she gave the first performance of Schoenberg's songs "Waldsonne" (from *[Vier Lieder](/source/Vier_Lieder_(Schoenberg))*, Op. 2, No. 4) and "Verlassen" (from [*Acht Lieder*](/source/Acht_Lieder_(Schoenberg)), Op. 6, No. 4). She sang in large orchestral works, and took part in Schoenberg's [Society for Private Musical Performances](/source/Society_for_Private_Musical_Performances) in 1919.[1][2]

In 1915 Heim married the writer [Emil Alphons Rheinhardt](/source/Emil_Alphons_Rheinhardt); through him she met well known writers including [Rainer Maria Rilke](/source/Rainer_Maria_Rilke) and [Hugo von Hofmannsthal](/source/Hugo_von_Hofmannsthal). In 1916 [Oskar Kokoschka](/source/Oskar_Kokoschka) made a [lithograph](/source/Lithography) of her.[1][2]

In 1921 she married the architect [Franz Singer](/source/Franz_Singer). They separated after a few years of marriage. They had a son, Michael; two further children died in childhood.[2][3]

### In England and Canada

Heim made her debut in England in 1929, and moved to London in the early 1930s. She occasionally returned to Vienna to give recitals; she also maintained a singing studio in Salzburg where she taught during summers.[1][2]

In 1934, visiting her brother in Canada, she met Sir [Ernest MacMillan](/source/Ernest_MacMillan), which led to an informal concert, and a subsequent concert debut at [Hart House Theatre](/source/Hart_House_Theatre) in Toronto later that year. She then spent a few months each year in Canada until 1939, teaching and giving recitals.[1][3]

During the Second World War she lived in England. She sang at [Red Cross](/source/Red_Cross) hospitals and in military camps; she gave concert recitals in London and was a guest lecturer at [Oxford](/source/Oxford_University) and [Cambridge Universities](/source/Cambridge_University). After the war she moved to Canada, and taught at [the Royal Conservatory of Music](/source/The_Royal_Conservatory_of_Music) in Toronto. Her pupils included [Frances James](/source/Frances_James_(soprano)), [Jan Simons](/source/Jan_Simons) and [Lois Marshall](/source/Lois_Marshall). Heim died in Toronto in 1954.[1][2][3]

## References

1. ["Emmy Heim"](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/emmy-heim-emc) *[The Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia)*, 12 December 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2021.

1. ["Heim, Emmy (eig. Emilie, gesch. Rheinhardt, verh. Singer)"](https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_H/Heim_Emmy.xml) *[Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon](/source/Oesterreichisches_Musiklexikon) Online*. Retrieved 7 March 2021.

1. ["Emmy Heim"](https://www.rcm.ac.uk/singingasong/featuredmusicians/emmyheim/) [Royal College of Music](/source/Royal_College_of_Music). Retrieved 6 March 2021.

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