Martha Alter
Martha Alter (8 February 1904 – 3 June 1976) was an American pianist, music teacher and composer.
Martha Alter
- Name
- Martha Alter
- Born
- February 8, 1904
- Birthplace
- New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
- Died
- 3 June 1976
- Place of death
- Newport, Pennsylvania
- Occupation
- Concert pianist and educator
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Martha Alter (8 February 1904 – 3 June 1976) was an American pianist, music teacher and composer.
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Martha Alter (1904–1976) was an American composer. The composer was born in Bloomfield. The recorded working language is English.
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• Name — Martha Alter • Born — February 8, 1904 • Birthplace — New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania • Died — 3 June 1976 • Place of death — Newport, Pennsylvania • Parents — David Boyd and Daisy Myrl Alter • Occupation — Concert pianist and educator
Life and career
Life and career
Martha Alter was born in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, to parents David Boyd and Daisy Myrl Alter. She graduated from Vassar College in 1925. Alter continued her studies, receiving a master's in musicology from Columbia University and a master's of music composition from Eastman School of Music, studying with Ernest Hutcheson, Rubin Goldmark, Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers. She taught at Vassar College from 1929-1931 and took a position teaching music at Connecticut College in 1942. She died in Newport, Pennsylvania, and her papers are housed at the Vassar College Libraries.
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Selected compositions include: • O Bethlehem • Peace • Bill George, march and song for baritone and orchestra, poem by Malcolm Cowley • Anthony Cotnstock or A Puritan's Progress, ballet • Groceries and Notions, drama with Gertrude Brown, book by K.K. Doughtie
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1904
Martha Alter was born on 8 February 1904.
1976
Martha Alter died on 1 January 1976.
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- 1.Martha Alter papers, 1923-1942.
- 2.Ahlquist, Karen. Alter, Martha (1904 - 1976), composer, pianist, teacher. Grove Music Online. 2001. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.50768.
- 3.Frankenstein, Alfred Victor. Who is who in music. 1951.
- 4.Martha Alter, Conn College Professor, dies.
- 5.History.
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