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Marta Wittkowska
Marta Wittkowska (January 1, 1882 – May 24, 1977) was a Polish–American contralto opera singer popular over the early decades of the twentieth century.
==Early life==
Martha Paula Wittkowski was born in the German city of Danzig (present-day Gdańsk, Poland), the second of five children raised by Polish immigrants Joseph and Mathilde Wittkowski, and grew up in Syracuse, New York where her family had lived since she was about eight.〔Martha Wittkowski; age 10; Syracuse, N.Y.; New York State Census, 1892; Ancestry.com〕〔Marta W. Mallery - U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006; Ancestry.com〕〔"To Study in Italy". ''Syracuse Herald'' (Syracuse, New York); Sunday, March 11, 1906); pg. 9〕〔(''The Grand Opera Singers of To-day'' by Henry Charles Lahee. 1922; pp. 435-436 ); accessed September 10, 2012〕
As a young girl she sang in church choirs and at community events. Music professor, C. J. Kresser, was among the first to realize Wittkowski's potential when he heard her sing at a church function and would serve as her mentor for a number of years. Later Mrs. Edward Joy, the wife of a local businessman, arranged to have Wittkowski attend music classes at the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University and then study under the soprano Emma Cecilia Thursby in New York City. At a recital organized by Thursby at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Wittkowski’s performance so impressed Bessie Oakman, the daughter of former U. S. Senator Roscoe Conkling, that in 1906 she arranged to have the young singer travel abroad to be tutored by the famed Italian baritone, Antonio Cotogni.〔"Miss Wittkowski to Wed Only Art". ''The Syracuse Herald'' (Syracuse, New York); Sunday, December 14, 1913; pg. 17〕〔( Benjamin, William Howard – (C. J. Kresser) Biographies of Celebrated Organists of America; 1908; pg. 86 ) accessed September 11, 2012〕〔"Retired Opera Singer Dies". ''Syracuse Herald Journal'' (Syracuse, New York): Wednesday, May 25, 1977; pg. 32〕
Two years earlier, Wittkowski had been given the opportunity to sing in front of the noted contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink, at the time in Syracuse to perform at a concert. Heink told her that her voice was one of the most promising she had ever heard, and suggested that she study Wagnerian operas at Bayreuth and participate in their annual festival to gain the training and experience not yet available in America; a path that at the time was beyond Wittkowski's means.〔"Marta Paula". ''Syracuse Post Standard'' (Syracuse, New York); Friday, November 11, 1910; pg. 4〕〔"Go To Bairueth Says Mme. Heink". ''Syracuse Herald'' (Syracuse, New York); Tuesday, February 2, 1904; pg. 6〕
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