词条 | Helen Elise Smith Dett |
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Helen Elise Smith Dett (born about 1892 – died after 1948) was an American pianist and music educator, the wife of composer Robert Nathaniel Dett. She was the first black graduate of the Damrosch Institute of Musical Art, a precursor of the Juilliard School. Early lifeHelen Elise Smith was born in New York City. She graduated from the Damrosch Institute of Musical Art in 1907,[1] the school's first black graduate.[2] CareerBeginning in 1912, Smith was co-founder and co-director of the Martin-Smith Music School[3] in New York City.,[2] with violinist David I. Martin.[4] After marrying in 1916, she moved to Hampton Institute in Virginia, where she taught piano and was frequently featured as an accompanist at concerts and recitals.[5][6] Later she taught piano at Bennett College.[7] Personal lifeHelen Elise Smith married composer and educator R. Nathaniel Dett in 1916.[2] They had two daughters, Helen Dett Noyes and Josephine Dett Gregory.[8][9] She was widowed when Dett died in 1943.[10] References1. ^Andrea Olmstead, [https://books.google.com/books?id=YLQXrHGNlQUC&lpg=PA38&ots=QrCwRi3g89&dq=Helen%20Elise%20Smith%20Juilliard&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q=Helen%20Elise%20Smith%20Juilliard&f=false Juilliard: A History] (University of Illinois Press 1999): 38. {{ISBN|9780252071065}} {{authority control}}2. ^1 2 [https://books.google.com/books?id=DloEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA176&dq=Mrs.%20Dett&pg=PA188#v=onepage&q=Mrs.%20Dett&f=false "A Musician"] The Crisis (February 1917): 188. 3. ^Lucien H. White, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8939233/the_martinsmith_school_1919/ "Music Notes"] New York Age (December 6, 1919): 6. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 4. ^Eileen Southern, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PSvxJtF3_fUC&lpg=PA288&ots=9Ip02gZDHH&dq=Helen%20Elise%20Smith&pg=PA288#v=onepage&q=Helen%20Elise%20Smith&f=false The Music of Black Americans: A History] (WW Norton 1997): 288-289. {{ISBN|9780393038439}} 5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=IPFNAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA428&ots=Smf5wG8VFv&dq=Helen%20Elise%20Dett&pg=PA427#v=onepage&q=Helen%20Elise%20Dett&f=false "Recital"] Southern Workman (September 1920): 427-428. 6. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8937357/helen_elise_dett_in_performance_at/ "Soprano and Pianist Open Musical Season at Hampton Institute"] New York Age (October 23, 1926) 7. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 7. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8939277/helen_elise_dett_to_teach_at_bennett/ "Wife of Composer, Teacher at Bennett"] Pittsburgh Courier (September 11, 1937): 5. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 8. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8937318/wedding_dettnoyes_1942/ "Miss Helen E. Dett Weds Henry Noyes at Bennett College"] New York Age (June 13, 1942): 4. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 9. ^[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8939195/helen_elise_dett_and_her_daughters_in/ "Sunday in Jamaica"] The New York Age (January 1, 1949): 7. via Newspapers.com{{open access}} 10. ^Marianne Hanson, "R. Nathaniel Dett" at Blackpast.org. 6 : Educators from New York (state)|Juilliard School alumni|American musicians|American women educators|1890s births|Year of death missing |
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