LC control no. | n 2019072092 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Koldofsky, Gwendolyn Williams, 1906-1998 |
Variant(s) | Williams Koldofsky, Gwendolyn, 1906-1998 Williams, Gwendolyn, 1906-1998 |
Birth date | 1906-11-01 |
Death date | 1998-11-12 |
Place of birth | Bowmanville (Newcastle, Ont.) |
Place of death | Santa Barbara (Calif.) |
Field of activity | Music Musical accompaniment |
Affiliation | University of Southern California. School of Music Music Academy of the West |
Profession or occupation | Pianists Music teachers College teachers |
Found in | Music Academy of the West, not before 1951: accompanying program (Gwendolyn Williams Koldofsky, accompanist; recording is a concert of lieder and art songs given by Lotte Lehmann) University of Southern California WWW site, December 12, 2019: USC news, Gwendolyn Koldofsky obituary, December 7, 1998 (Gwendolyn Koldofsky; Gwendolyn Williams Koldofsky; pianist and vocal accompanist; died November 12 in Santa Barbara, California; distinguished professor emerita at the USC School of Music; founded the school's department of keyboard collaborative arts; designed and established the world's first degree-granting program in accompanying, first offered in 1947; taught accompanying, song literature, and chamber music at USC, 1947-1988; also a member of the faculty of the Santa Barbara Music Academy of the West, where she was director of vocal accompanying, 1951-1989; judged competitions, lectured, and taught master classes for accompanists, singers and ensembles; born November 1, 1906, Bowmanville, Ontario; received her early training at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto) <https://news.usc.edu/9559/Gwendolyn-Koldofsky-Accompanist-Dies-at-92/> |