Mary Barratt Due
Mary Louise Barratt Due (born April 9, 1888 in Bergen , † December 24, 1969 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian pianist and music teacher.
Life
The daughter of the Methodist preacher Thomas Ball Barratt was admitted to the Kristiania Music Conservatory at the age of ten and studied from 1902 to 1907 at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia , where Giovanni Sgambati was her piano teacher. She gave her successful debut concert in Kristiania in 1906.
In addition to her extensive concert activities , she continued her musical training with Percy Grainger in London from 1911–12 . In 1916 she married the violinist Henrik Adam Due , with whom she had numerous appearances throughout Norway and in 1927 founded the Barratt Due Music Institute . In addition to teaching at this institute, which also included a musical kindergarten and which became a cultural center of Norway during the Second World War, she also continued her activities as a concert pianist. So she played the world premiere of Signe Lund's piano concerto at the concert to mark her twenty-five year anniversary .
As part of the Fulbright program , Barratt Due traveled to the United States in 1956 to study music there at schools and universities. Musicians like them left their music institute, to which their children Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due ( Stephan Henrik Barret-Due sr. ) And Esther Barratt-Due and her grandson Stephan Barratt-Due ( Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due jr. ) Remained connected Pianist Eva Knardahl and the violinist Henning Kraggerud .
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- Mary Barratt Due in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- Mary Barratt Due in Norsk biografisk leksikon (Norwegian)
- Mary Barratt Due at Discogs (English)
- Mary Barratt Due on MusicBrainz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barratt Due, Mary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barratt Due, Mary Louise (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mountains |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 24, 1969 |
| Place of death | Oslo |