Georgia L. Kober (1873 – September 14, 1942) was a pianist and music educator. For over 30 years, she was a piano instructor and president of the Sherwood School of Music in Chicago.
Georgia Kober | |
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 Georgia Kober, from a 1925 publication | |
| Born | 1873 Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 14, 1942 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, music educator |
Early life and education
editKober was born in Indiana, the daughter of George Charles Kober and Rhoda Wanamaker Lewis Kober. Her father was a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War. She studied piano with William Hall Sherwood in Chicago, and with Ossip Gabrilowitsch and Josef Lhévinne.[1]
Career
editKober was a concert pianist[2] and music teacher based in Chicago.[3] She performed and lectured often in midwestern cities,[4] played in Texas in 1922,[5] and toured in California in 1923.[6][7] She made two recordings of piano music in 1924, for the Victor label.[8] Several Chicago composers, including Theodora Sturkow-Ryder, dedicated piano compositions to Kober.[9]
Kober was piano instructor and president of the Sherwood School of Music for more than 30 years.[10] Her faculty included conductors Daniel Protheroe and Isaac Van Grove, soprano Genevra Johnstone Bishop, and music historian Glenn Dillard Gunn.[11] She resigned from the presidency of the Sherwood School in 1942, and received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the school shortly before she died later that year.[12]
Personal life
editKober died in 1942, in Palo Alto, California, in her late sixties.[13][14] Her large collection of sheet music was given to the Community Music School in San Francisco after she died, except for a copy of a Mephisto Waltz autographed by Franz Liszt, which went to the San Francisco Public Library.[15]
References
edit- ^ "Miss Georgia Kober". The Musical Monitor. 5 (3): 155. November 1915.
- ^ "Ensemble Program at Sherwood School". The Music News. 18 (2): 34. July 30, 1926.
- ^ "Untitled social item". The Inter Ocean. 1912-06-27. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mde. Georgia Kober Charmes Music Lovers; Eminent Chicago Pianiste is Feature of Music Teacher's Convention". The Times. 1919-11-07. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Georgia Kober in Piano Recital Here on Friday Evening". The Waco Times-Herald. 1922-03-23. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Noted American Pianist to Give Recital Here Tonight". Modesto Morning Herald. 1923-04-24. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Kober Recital Here Tuesday Eve". The Modesto Bee. 1923-04-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Georgia Kober". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
- ^ "A Chicago Composers' Program" Music News 18(October 29, 1926): 21.
- ^ "Pupils of Georgia Kober in a Series of Piano Recitals". Musical Courier. 74: 9. June 14, 1917.
- ^ "Sherwood Music School (advertisement)". Musical Monitor. 5: 374. April 1916.
- ^ "Miss Kober receives honorary degree from Sherwood School". The Peninsula Times Tribune. 1942-07-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary for Georgia L. Kober". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1942-09-16. p. 21. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Music World Pays Tribute to Georgia Kober's Gifts". The Peninsula Times Tribune. 1942-10-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Georgia Kober in Piano Recital Here on Friday Evening". The Waco Times-Herald. 1922-03-23. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-03-24 – via Newspapers.com.