Vida Chenoweth

Vida Chenoweth

Vida Chenoweth (born c. 1929) was the first classical marimbist, also a noted ethnomusicologist and linguist. She is credited with bringing the marimba to public acceptance as a serious concert instrument.

Born in Enid, Oklahoma, she moved to New Guinea as a missionary and studied the music of the Usarufa tribe. She then developed a program in ethnomusicology for the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music based on her own theory of melodic perception and analysis.

External links

* [http://marimbavidachenoweth.com VIDA CHENOWETH, First Classical Marimbist]
* [http://www.pas.org/About/HofDetails.cfm?IFile=chenoweth Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame: Vida Chenoweth]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_author.asp?auth=1450 SIL Bibliography: Vida Chenoweth]


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