Mara

(ma’-rd4), Gertrud Elisabeth (née Schmeling), Ca el, Feb. 23, 1749— Reval, Jan. 20, 1833; phenomenal soprano, with compa , g-e’’’ (vy. PITCH, D. D.), who reached a high of art over difficulties (ranging from rickets to the Moscow fire) not surpa ed in the wildest fiction; she m. in 1773, the ’cellist Mara, divorced him 1799; teacher.