What is Maria Basca?
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Maria Basca | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = | occupation = singer | years_active = | label = | current_member_of = | past_member_of = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = }} '''Maria Basca''' was a German sopran singer from [[Berlin]]. She was mainly active in the 1920s and 1930s. Her teacher was [[Elia Schmüeker]]. In the 1920s she had a tour through Scandinavia. She had eleven sold-out concerts in [[Oslo]]. She also sang for the king and queen of Norway. Her tour was successful and was in the press compared to [[Julia Culp]]. She also gave several concerts in other foreign countries, including in the Netherlands and in [[Batavia]], Dutch East Indies.<ref name=Avondpost>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB27:017898051:mpeg21:a00128 |title= Maria Basca. |work= [[De avondpost]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=30 November 1926|access-date=1 August 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011108958:mpeg21:a0243 |title= Maria Basca. |work= [[Soerabaijasch handelsblad]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=28 September 1936|access-date=1 August 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011109400:mpeg21:a0116 |title= Maria Basca te Batavia |work= [[Soerabaijasch handelsblad]]|via=[[Delpher]]|date=4 June 1936|access-date=1 August 2022|language=nl}}</ref> She was a granddaughter of Turkish adjutant general [[Abdul Hamid]].<ref name=Avondpost /> ==Refer