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Strohmeyer, Carl

(1870–1845)
Author: GEORGE GROVE

STROHMEYER, Carl, a bass singer—then a Kammersçnger at Weimar—who sang in a festival at Frankenhausen in June 1810, and is mentioned by Spohr for the extraordinary compass of his voice (see Spohr's ‘Selbstbiographie,’ i. 142). He was born in the Stollberg district in , and was employed successively at Gotha and at Weimar, at which latter place he died, Nov. 11, .

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