Sophia Schröder

Together, they became historical as the first of their gender to have been officially employed in the then two-hundred-year-old history of the royal orchestra.

Both Schröder and Fisher had in fact been active as vocalists at the orchestra before they were officially hired.

She was a student of Anders von Düben, Casper Gottlob Grünwaldt, Frans Hindrich Meyer, Johan Helmich Roman, Conrad Arnoldi, and Jacob Dedering.

Anders von Düben gave her a high recommendation as a student in the musical science.

In 1751, two female vocalists from the royal orchestra, Hedvig Witte and Cecilia Elisabeth Würzer, performed at the burial of King Frederick I of Sweden.