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- 1
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- Realm of the Inca
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Tacoma, Washington, USA
Elisabeth Ann Dentzel (née Waldo; born June 15, 1918) is an American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor, ethnomusicologist and actress.
Known for
- Song of Mexico — Elisabeth Waldo - Violinist1945
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1918-06-18
- Active to
- 2026-03-16
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- 2,946
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Elisabeth Waldo Dentzel (born June 18, 1918) is an American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist. A scholar of pre-Columbian era music, she was an early adopter of Native American musical instruments among those trained in European classical music. Her melding of ancient and contemporary styles of American music ranks Waldo among the pioneers in the genre now known as exotica. Waldo was born in Yakima, Washington to Jane Althea Blodgett <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elisabeth
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Tacoma
- Place of death
- Northridge
- Sibling
- Janet Waldo
- Occupation
- violinist
- Educated at
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Elisabeth Waldo2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1917-00-00
- start of work period
- 1940-00-00
- Commons category
- Elisabeth Waldo
- date of death
- 2026-03-16
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