JULIA KLUMPKE - USA
DEATH 23 AUGUST
Julia Klumpke, often spelled Julia Klumpkey (August 13, 1870 — August 23, 1961), was an American concert violinist and composer.
Julia, known as Lulu, was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of wealthy realtor John Gerald Klumpke and Dorothea Mattilda Tolle.
She gave one of her earliest recitals in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1908. Beginning sometime between 1906 and 1910, Klumpke taught violin at Converse College, a woman's college in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and directed the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra; these positions lasted with interruptions through 1922. During World War I, she left for a time to do war work in Europe, assisting her sister Anna, who had converted her home outside Paris into a hospital for wounded soldiers.
In 1928, she went on a world tour. In the mid-1930s, Klumpke returned live in San Francisco, where she was a member of several musical associations, including the Women Musicians Club and the Women's City Club (both of San Francisco), the California Composers Society, and the Music Teacher's Association of California.
Klumpke composed over four dozen pieces of music, mainly chamber music, songs, and choral music. She composed a dramatic tone poem, The Twin Guardians of the Golden Gate, for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.
DEATH 23 AUGUST
Julia Klumpke, often spelled Julia Klumpkey (August 13, 1870 — August 23, 1961), was an American concert violinist and composer.
Julia, known as Lulu, was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of wealthy realtor John Gerald Klumpke and Dorothea Mattilda Tolle.
She gave one of her earliest recitals in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1908. Beginning sometime between 1906 and 1910, Klumpke taught violin at Converse College, a woman's college in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and directed the Spartanburg Symphony Orchestra; these positions lasted with interruptions through 1922. During World War I, she left for a time to do war work in Europe, assisting her sister Anna, who had converted her home outside Paris into a hospital for wounded soldiers.
In 1928, she went on a world tour. In the mid-1930s, Klumpke returned live in San Francisco, where she was a member of several musical associations, including the Women Musicians Club and the Women's City Club (both of San Francisco), the California Composers Society, and the Music Teacher's Association of California.
Klumpke composed over four dozen pieces of music, mainly chamber music, songs, and choral music. She composed a dramatic tone poem, The Twin Guardians of the Golden Gate, for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.
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Lullaby by Julia Klumpke
GISELA HERNANDEZ-GONZALO - CUBA
DEATH 23 AUGUST
Gisela Hernández Gonzalo (1912−1971) was a Cuban composer. Aware of political necessity, she established ties with the Castro government in return for recognition of her activities as a music teacher and composer. She was also a member of the nationalistic Grupo Minorista that led a movement to incorporate Afro-Cuban sounds into larger forms of music.
DEATH 23 AUGUST
Gisela Hernández Gonzalo (1912−1971) was a Cuban composer. Aware of political necessity, she established ties with the Castro government in return for recognition of her activities as a music teacher and composer. She was also a member of the nationalistic Grupo Minorista that led a movement to incorporate Afro-Cuban sounds into larger forms of music.
Hernández taught music at the Hubert de Blanck Conservatory, and with Olga De Blanck Martín, director of the conservatory, she developed a music education system that made significant changes in Mexican music education. With de Blanck, she also co-founded Ediciones de Blanck publishing and became instrumental in publishing critical editions of Ignacio Cervantes' music.
She often used Afro-Cuban elements in her compositions. Hernández also composed chamber music and works for solo piano, orchestra, and choir.
Source: Wikipedia and Cubanos Famosos
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Como Vendrás by Gisela Hernandez-Gonzalo
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