Fuchs, Mme. Edmond
(1836–1927)
Fuchs, Mme. Edmond (Henriette)Fuchs, (Henriette) Edmond(Henriette) Edmond Fuchs (B * PARIS 1836 [1841 IN SOME SOURCES] – D † 1927) Born Emma-Henriette Ledoux, amateur mezzo-soprano, salon hostess in the 1880s. She was a voice student of François Delsarte (1811–1871), a proponent of »early« music and combining speech, movement, and gesture with singing. On 9 July 1863, she married Philippe-Jacques-Edmond Fuchs (1837–1889), a mining engineer. She co-founded the Concordia Chorale with…