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Elise Fellows White played Chopin's Etude in D for this recording, made in New York in 1942.
White (1873-1953), a violin prodigy from Skowhegan, had studied in Boston with Franz Kneisel and in Vienna with Kneisel's teacher, Jakob Grun when she was a young girl and teenager.
Born Mary Elise Fellows, she met Bruce White while on a musical tour in 1895-96. They married in 1898 and lived in Nelson, British Columbia, where he was a mine owner and operator.
White returned to the East in 1907. She made this recording in 1942.
About This Item
- Title: Elise Fellows White performing Chopin's Etude in D, 1942
- Creator: Elise Fellows White
- Creation Date: 1942-02-12
- Subject Date: 1941-02-12
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Locations:
- New York, NY
- Skowhegan, Somerset County, ME
- Media: Phonograph record
- Object Type: Sound Recording
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Artists--Maine--Skowhegan
- Music
- Musicians--Maine--Skowhegan
- Violinists--Maine--Skowhegan
- White, Elise Fellows--Performances
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Skowhegan History House66 Elm Street, PO Box 832, Skowhegan, ME 04976
(207) 474-6632
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