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Joyce Barthelson

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Joyce Barthelson
BornMay 18, 1900 Edit this on Wikidata
Yakima Edit this on Wikidata
DiedDecember 1986 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 85–86)
Scarsdale Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationComposer, pianist, educator Edit this on Wikidata

Helen Joyce Holloway Barthelson Steigman (May 18, 1900 – December 1986) was an American composer who created five operas and numerous shorter pieces. She co-founded the Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Scarsdale, New York.

Life and career

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Joyce Barthelson was born Helen Joyce Holloway in Yakima, Washington.[1] She graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1918.[2] She studied music at the University of California, Berkeley under Julius Gold, Otto Cesana, Roy Harris, and Nicolas Flagello.[1][3]

In high school, she formed a chamber music group, the Arion Trio, with two classmates. She played piano and the others cello and violin. In the 1920s and 30s they were regularly heard (with some lineup changes) on San Francisco-area radio. They were first heard on KLX in 1924, then moved on to KGO and the NBC Pacific Coast Network. Barthelson also played piano on the network's General Independents Program.[4][5][6]

In the late 1930s and early 1940s she was assistant conductor of the New York Women's Symphony Orchestra and composer in residence at Western Maryland College.[1][3]

In 1944, she founded the Hoff-Barthelson Music School with Virginia Hoff. The school is still in operation.[7]

Operas

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Personal life

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She married Harold Charles Barthelson on December 23, 1921.[12] She later married Benjamin Steigman, author and principal of the New York City High School of Music & Art.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.). New York: Jaques Cattell Press, R. R. Bowker for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 1980. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-8352-1283-0 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Joyce (Holloway) Barthelson '18". Oakland Tech Centennial. 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. ^ a b c Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2nd ed.). New York: Books & Music (USA). p. 58. ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Sies, Luther F. (2000). Encyclopedia of American radio, 1920–1960. Internet Archive. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0452-0.
  5. ^ "The Arion Trio, 1916–1919". Oakland Tech Centennial. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. ^ "Voices Out Of The Fog: The Arion Trio". Bay Area Radio Museum. 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  7. ^ "History and Mission". Hoff-Barthelson Music School. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  8. ^ a b "Barthelson Opera Debut". Scarsdale Inquirer. November 27, 1969. p. 14.
  9. ^ Griffel, Margaret Ross (2012-12-21). Operas in English: A Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8325-3.
  10. ^ Horowitz, Joseph (December 4, 1978). "Opera: 3 One-Acters at Hunter". The New York Times. p. C18.
  11. ^ Sherman, Robert (November 4, 1977). "Devil's Disciple Set to Music". The New York Times. p. 79.
  12. ^ "Secret Wedding Told At Nuptials of Bride's Sister". Oakland Tribune. December 25, 1921. p. 2-B.
  13. ^ "Benjamin Steigman, Principal Of Music and Art, 1937-59 , Dies". The New York Times. 1974-07-22. Retrieved 2022-06-10.