Sophia Schröder

::Not to be confused with the actress Sophie Schröder

Sophia Schröder (died 1750), Swedish (originally German) soprano, active as a concert vocalist at the royal orchestra Kungliga Hovkapellet at the royal Swedish court, the first woman to have ben given such a position.

Sophia Schröder was originally from Germany. In 1727, she, and her colleague Judith Fischer, was employed as vocalists at the orchestra of the royal Swedish court, replacing the two boys previously serving as sopranos. Together, they became the first historical as the first women in the then two hundred year old history of the royal orcehstra. They were also the first female courts singers a the Swedish court since Anne Chabanceau de La Barre. They were followed by more women in the orchestra during the age of liberty; Gustaviana Schröder was employed 1740-63, and "Mademoiselle Witt" and "Madame Woerster" performed at the burrial of King Frederick I of Sweden in 1751. Sophia Schröder was truly a court singer, and performed for the royal court a various occasions and at the performances of the orchestra; from 1731, the royal orchestra also performed public concerts at Riddarhuset in Stockholm. Sophia Schröder kept her position until her death in 1750.

See also

• Marie Pauline Åhman

References

• Anna Ivarsdotter Johnsson och Leif Jonsson: Musiken i Sverige. Frihetstiden och Gustaviansk tid 1720-1810 (Music in Sweden. Age of liberty and the Gustavian age 1720-1810) (Swedish)
• Leif Jonsson, Ann-Marie Nilsson och Greger Andersson: Musiken i Sverige. Från forntiden till stormaktstidens slut 1720 (Music in Sweden. From Ancient times to the end of Empire)(Swedish)