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Mamlok, Ursula

LC control no.n 82153067
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Personal name headingMamlok, Ursula
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Variant(s)Mamlock, Ursula
Meyer, Ursula, 1923-2016
Lewy, Ursula
Lewis, Ursula, 1923-2016
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedGuayaquil (Ecuador) New York (N.Y.)
Birth date1923-02-01
Death date2016-05-04
Place of birthBerlin (Germany)
Place of deathBerlin (Germany)
Field of activityComposition (Music) Avant-garde (Music)
Art music
AffiliationManhattan School of Music (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationComposers Music teachers
Found inHer Stray birds. [Phonodisc] 1972.
Anderson. Contemp. Amer. composers, 2nd ed (Ursula Mamlok; b. Feb. 1, 1928, Berlin)
Pieces for harp with other instruments [SR] 1965: acc. mat. (Ursula Mamlock [sic], composer)
Biog. resource center, Oct. 24, 2007 (Ursula Mamlok; b. Feb. 1, 1928, Berlin, Germany; composer, educator; prof. composition, Manhattan Sch. Music, 1968-2003)
New York times WWW site, viewed May 9, 2016 (in obituary published May 6: Ursula Mamlok; b. Ursula Meyer, Feb. 1, 1923, Berlin; her father died when she was a baby; a few years later, on the remarriage of her mother to Hans Lewy, Ursula took his surname; traveled alone from Guayaquil, Ecuador to New York in 1940 to begin music studies; Americanized her surname to Lewis after her arrival; became an American citizen; moved back to Berlin 10 years ago; m. Dwight Mamlok, 1947 (d. 2005); d. Wednesday [May 4, 2016], Berlin, aged 93; German-born avant-garde composer who fled the Nazis and went on to establish an esteemed career in New York; longtime faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music)
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