Blanche Winogron (May 8, 1911 – November 22, 2002) was an American

harpsichordist A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord. Harpsichordists may play as soloists, as accompanists, as chamber musicians, or as members of an orchestra, or some combination of these roles. Solo harpsichordists may play unaccompanied son ...

pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

, virginalist, and

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. She taught at the

Mannes College of Music The Mannes School of Music (), originally called the David Mannes Music School and later the Mannes Music School, Mannes College of Music, the Chatham Square Music School, and Mannes College: The New School for Music, is a Music school, music con ...

from 1961 to 1969, and the

New England Conservatory of Music The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a Private college, private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along Avenue of the Arts (Boston), the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Ha ...

from 1968 to 1977. Her students included Peter Sykes and Wendy Redlinger. She was a member of New York Pro Musica and the Rococo Ensemble, and a founding member of the Consort of Players. She was married to American music scholar and librarian

Sydney Beck Sydney Beck (2 September 1906 – 7 April 2001) was an American musicologist, music educator, violinist and viol player. As a scholar, he was considered an authority on English music of the 16th through 18th centuries. One of his major contributio ...

; they had a son, Michael Beck.

Discography

* ''Farnaby: Canzonets and Virginals Music''. EMS 5 (1953) * ''Adriano Banchieri: Festino''. Esoteric ES-516 (1953) * ''An Elizabethan Songbag for Young People''. Esoteric ESJ-6 (1954) * ''Children's Songs of Shakespeare's Time''. Counterpoint / Esoteric CPT 540 (1957) * ''Thomas Morley: Elizabethan Madrigals, Canzonets and Ballets''. Counterpoint CPT-520 (1966) * ''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'' (selections). Dover HCR-ST-7015 (stereo) (1966)

References

Brief obituary
* ''Fitzwilliam Virginal Book'' (selections); Liner notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winogron, Blanche 1911 births American harpsichordists Women harpsichordists American performers of early music Women performers of early music New England Conservatory faculty 2002 deaths 20th-century American classical musicians American music educators American women music educators American pianists American women pianists