Charlotte Julie Peege Hollander (May 23, 1886 – April 18, 1981) was an American concert singer based in Boston.
Early life and education Peege was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the daughter of Ernst Julius Peege and Anna Catherine Lipps Peege. She trained for a musical career in the United States, with Iva Bigelow Weaver."Engagements in Middle West for Charlotte Peege, Contralto" Musical America (October 16, 1915): 194.
Career Peege was a contralto singer usually heard as a soloist in oratorios, concerts, and recitals."Chautauqua Musical Activities Continue to Flourish" Musical Courier (August 21, 1919): 23. "Miss Peege possesses a glorious voice under excellent control," noted a 1916 report. She was based in Boston, but toured nationally."Encouragement of American Songs as Illustrated by Charlotte Peege, Contralto" Musical Observer 19(1)(January 1920): 84. She was a soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in 1915,"Emily Oberhoffer Conducts Fine 'Messiah' Performance" Musical Courier (January 6, 1916): 34. with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in 1919, and with the New York Symphony Orchestra in 1920.Mendelssohn, Complete Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (December 26, 1920), NYPhil Digital Archives. She booked concerts in 75 cities for the 1921–1922 season, including joint concerts with harpist Philip Sevasta and pianist Florence Brinkman. In 1924 she sang at a benefit concert in Lynbrook, to raise money for an ambulance.
Peege taught voice as an associate professor at Marquette University's Conservatory of Music in the 1910s. She was also "an accomplished pianist". One of her voice students was Canadian tenor Lorne Grant.
Personal life Peege married pianist, music critic, and publisher Charles Harrison Hollander in 1917, in Boston. Her husband died in 1980, and she died in 1981, at the age of 94, in Florida. The Florida Symphony Orchestra was the principal beneficiary of their estate after her death. References