PA. Performing arts
Record Group
Identifier: PA
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Elizabeth Cowling Musical Score and Personal Papers Collection
Collection
Identifier: CC 0002
Abstract
Elizabeth Cowling was born in Northfield, Minnesota. She attended Carleton College, where she received her B.A. degree in Philosophy and went on to Columbia University, where she received her M.A. degree in Economics. Her Master'sand Ph.D. in Music were earned at Northwestern University.Dr. Cowling studied in Europe, starting in Paris in 1929, where she worked with Paul Bazelaire and studied with Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. In 1950 she was a student of Pablo...
Dates:
1937 - 1987; Other: Date acquired: 1977
Marion Davies Musical Score and Personal Papers Collection
Collection
Identifier: CC 0011
Abstract
Marion Davies (1924-2012) is among the first women to secure the position of principal cellist in major orchestras in the United States. She received her music education initially at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She continued her education at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, studying with Emmanuel Feuermann and Gregor Piatigorsky. Davies served as first cellist with the Kansas City Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, where she...
Dates:
1924 - 2012