Thelma Given Verdi | |
---|---|
Born |
Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | March 9, 1896
Died | December 25, 1977
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 81)
Spouse |
Minturn de Suzzara Verdi
(
m. 1943; died 1970) |
Thelma Mary Given Verdi (March 9, 1896 — December 25, 1977) was an American violinist and child musical prodigy.
Thelma Mary Given was born in Columbus, Ohio, and raised in Decatur, Illinois, [1] the daughter of James Frederick Given and Emma Jones Given. [2] [3] Her musical abilities were recognized by age 5. [4] She studied with Leopold Auer in Russia. [5] She toured Europe with Auer as a teenager, and was caught in the tumult of war and the Russian Revolution for almost a year [6] before she and her mother were able to return to the United States. [7]
Given made her American debut at Carnegie Hall in 1918. [8] She returned to the Carnegie Hall stage several times. [9] [10] She toured in the United States and Europe [11] in the 1920s and 1930s, given recitals and as guest soloist with orchestras. [12] [13] She played a Guarneri violin made in 1738. [14]
Given lived much of her adult life living with her mother and brother Eben Given (a painter), at Saranac Lake, [15] and in the arts colony at Provincetown, Massachusetts, [16] in social circles that included playwright Eugene O'Neill. [17] She married in 1943, as the third wife of Minturn de Suzzara Verdi, a New York lawyer. [18]
Thelma Given Verdi was widowed in 1970, [19] and she died on Christmas Day, 1977, aged 81 years, in Boston, Massachusetts, after a stroke. [5] Papers associated with Thelma Given, including concert programs, letters, and a clippings album of reviews, are archived by the Provincetown History Preservation Project. [20]
Thelma Given Verdi | |
---|---|
Born |
Columbus, Ohio, U.S. | March 9, 1896
Died | December 25, 1977
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 81)
Spouse |
Minturn de Suzzara Verdi
(
m. 1943; died 1970) |
Thelma Mary Given Verdi (March 9, 1896 — December 25, 1977) was an American violinist and child musical prodigy.
Thelma Mary Given was born in Columbus, Ohio, and raised in Decatur, Illinois, [1] the daughter of James Frederick Given and Emma Jones Given. [2] [3] Her musical abilities were recognized by age 5. [4] She studied with Leopold Auer in Russia. [5] She toured Europe with Auer as a teenager, and was caught in the tumult of war and the Russian Revolution for almost a year [6] before she and her mother were able to return to the United States. [7]
Given made her American debut at Carnegie Hall in 1918. [8] She returned to the Carnegie Hall stage several times. [9] [10] She toured in the United States and Europe [11] in the 1920s and 1930s, given recitals and as guest soloist with orchestras. [12] [13] She played a Guarneri violin made in 1738. [14]
Given lived much of her adult life living with her mother and brother Eben Given (a painter), at Saranac Lake, [15] and in the arts colony at Provincetown, Massachusetts, [16] in social circles that included playwright Eugene O'Neill. [17] She married in 1943, as the third wife of Minturn de Suzzara Verdi, a New York lawyer. [18]
Thelma Given Verdi was widowed in 1970, [19] and she died on Christmas Day, 1977, aged 81 years, in Boston, Massachusetts, after a stroke. [5] Papers associated with Thelma Given, including concert programs, letters, and a clippings album of reviews, are archived by the Provincetown History Preservation Project. [20]