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Winifred Byrd

1884 – 1970

American concert pianist and educator

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Lived 1884 – 1970 (aged 85). Winifred Byrd was an American music educator and pianist.

Winifred Byrd (May 24, 1884 in Salem, Oregon – April 3, 1970 in Los Angeles, California) was an American concert pianist and educator.

Byrd attended Willamette University and graduated from New England Conservatory (NEC) in 1905. While studying at NEC she won the Spaulding scholarship. Byrd taught for a time at NEC shortly after her graduation. Impresario Aaron Richmond presented Byrd in Boston in 1925, billing her as "America's Pianist." James Huneker, reviewing a Byrd recital for The New York Times on November 4, 1918, wrote, "She blazes with temperament. She has the energy of a demon." Hunecker also noted Byrd's "Buster Brown coiffure".

Byrd made at least ten Duo-Art reproducing piano rolls, including Franz Liszt's "Dance of the Gnomes", from Concert Étude No. 2, and Chopin's Preludes, Opus 28, No. 1 in C major and No. 23 in F major, for the Aeolian Company.

In July 1925, Byrd sustained fractured ribs when she was struck by a car on New York's 5th Avenue.

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Willamette University

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American concert pianist and educator (1884-1970)

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Winifred Byrd was born on 24 May 1884 in Salem.

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Winifred Byrd died on 3 April 1970 in Los Angeles.

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Winifred Byrd was a music educator and pianist.

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Winifred Byrd was American.

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· Wikipedia: Winifred Byrd

· Wikidata: Q8025371

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