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Winnaretta Singer principessa de Polignac ( Yonkers, 8 gennaio 1865 – Londra, 26 novembre 1943) è stata una mecenate statunitense naturalizzata francese .
Winnaretta Singer (8 January 1865 – 26 November 1943) was an American-born heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune. She used this to fund a wide range of causes, notably a musical salon where her protégés included Debussy and Ravel, and numerous public health projects in Paris, where she lived most of her life.
- 26 November 1943 (aged 78), London, England
- Winnaretta Eugénie Singer, 8 January 1865, Yonkers, New York, U.S.
- American
11 gen 2022 · La storia di Winnaretta Singer, l’ereditiera dell'impero delle macchine da cucire che diventò principessa di Polignac e non ha mai nascosto di essere lesbica.
- Sara Mostaccio
- 2 min
- saramostaccio@gmail.com
29 mag 2020 · Born on January 8, 1865, Winnaretta was the twentieth of twenty-four children fathered by Isaac Singer. Daughter to Singer’s second wife Isabella Eugénie Boyer, Winnaretta was one of Singer's legitimate children. She had full access to the fortune Singer had amassed during his development of sewing machines.
2 giorni fa · Winnaretta and Prince de Polignac got married in December 1893. They both shared a love for arts - especially Monet’s works - and for music. They started to host some music gatherings where several famous personalities from arts, literature and science came together.
Winnaretta Singer played a major role in Nadia Boulanger’s career: by officially naming her music director of all the concerts held in the mansion, she gave Nadia the opportunity to gather singers and musicians to create her own ensemble.
Gregarious and socially ambitious, Singer left the United States in 1861 to avoid being conscripted into the army during the Civil War and to escape his latest mistress. In France, he mingled easily with French society and met his future wife, 20-year-old Isabelle Eugénie Boyer.
