Winifred Merrill Warren (July 24, 1898 – March 11, 1990) was an American violinist and music educator, a professor of music at the Indiana University School of Music from 1938 to 1961.
Winifred Merrill Warren | |
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 Winifred Merrill, photographed in 1925 by Arnold Genthe | |
| Born | July 24, 1898 Atlanta, Georgia |
| Died | March 11, 1990 (aged 91) Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist, college professor |
Early life
editWinifred Merrill was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of Barzille Winfred Merrill and Mary Ann Neely Merrill.[1] Her father was a violinist, a student of Joseph Joachim and Bernhard Ziehn;[2] he taught music in Iowa and was founder and dean of the music department at Indiana University.[3] She attended the Institute of Musical Art in New York, with further studies in Paris in 1932.[4] Her teachers and mentors included Édouard Dethier, Franz Kneisel, Percy Goetschius, and Nadia Boulanger.[5]
Career
editWinifred Merrill gave her first professional recital in 1925, in Iowa.[6] She was a guest soloist with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. She began teaching music at Indiana University in 1927.[7][8] She became an assistant professor in 1938, after her father's retirement from the school.[5] She formed the Indiana University Trio with two of her colleagues, Finnish cellist Lennart von Zweygberg and German pianist Ernest Hoffzimmer.[9][10] She taught two summers in Munich with the Indiana University Summer Music School program.[11] She gave a solo recital at Carnegie Hall in 1944.[12] "Miss Merrill is obviously a musician who knows what she wants to do, and her intent and accomplishment were closely allied," reported one reviewer in 1950.[13]
She wrote The Arthur Stories (1987), a book of stories about her husband.[14]
Personal life
editWinifred Merrill married Arthur Warren in 1961, the year she retired from Indiana University.[15] She died in 1990, aged 91 years, in Illinois. She left her violin to the Indiana University Foundation, for the use of violin students there.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Young Violinist to Appear Today at Art Institute". The Indianapolis Star. February 27, 1927. p. 69. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ College, Iowa State Teachers (1911). Catalog and Circular. p. 9.
- ^ "Endowments & Scholarships". Giving: Jacobs School of Music: Indiana University Bloomington. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "Miss Winifred Merrill, Home from Abroad, to Play at I. U." The Indianapolis Star. October 10, 1932. p. 5. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Sanders, Chauncey (January 1941). "Musical Education at Indiana University" (PDF). The Indiana Alumni Magazine. 3: 11.
- ^ "Winifred Merrill's First Recital Will be Given Tomorrow". The Courier. November 18, 1925. p. 4. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Winifred Merrill, George Y. Wilson Will Present I. U. Recital". The Bedford Daily-Times Mail. August 8, 1946. p. 3. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Extension Develops". The Indianapolis Star. November 17, 1929. p. 76. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lyceum Program at Ball College; Indiana University Trio Will be Heard". Muncie Evening Press. May 13, 1930. p. 7. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "I. U. Trio to Broadcast". The Indianapolis Star. February 3, 1929. p. 17. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Indiana University Music Students and Teachers Plan Intensive Summer Course in Munich, Germany". The Indianapolis Star. March 24, 1929. p. 5. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Event: Winifred Merrill". Data Carnegie Hall. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ Whitworth, Walter (October 17, 1950). "Winifred Merrill Plays Unusual Violin Work". The Indianapolis News. p. 27. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Warren, Winifred Merrill. (1987). The Arthur stories. Deerfield, IL: Lake Shore Pub. ISBN 0-941363-01-5. OCLC 19112584.
- ^ "Winifred Warren Service April 6". The Indianapolis News. March 20, 1990. p. 44. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
- ^ "Winifred Warren Had Taught Violin at IU for Many Years". The Indianapolis Star. March 21, 1990. p. 28. Retrieved December 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
