Olga Samaroff
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lucy Mary Olga Agnes Hickenlooper, Olga Hickenlooper Samaroff, Olga Hickenlooper, Lucy Hickenlooper, Olga Samaroff Stokowski
American pianist (1880–1948)
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It is catalogued under topics including 1880 births, 1948 deaths and 20th-century American classical pianists.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1882
- Died
- 1948
- Works
- 8
Top works
- An American musician's story
- The layman's music book
- Listener's Music Book, The
- The magic world of music
- A music manual
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 192
- Total plays
- 561
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Olga Samaroff (August 8, 1880 – May 17, 1948) was a pianist, music critic, and teacher. Among her teachers, Charles-Valentin Alkan's son, Élie-Miriam Delaborde. Her second husband was conductor Leopold Stokowski. Samaroff was born Lucy Mary Olga Agnes Hickenlooper in San Antonio, Texas, and grew up in Galveston, where her family owned a business later wiped out in the 1900 Galveston hurricane. After her talent for the piano was discovered, she was sent to Europe to study <a href="https://www.l
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olga
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Antonio
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Leopold Stokowski
- Occupation
- music critic
- Employer
- Juilliard School
- Student of
- Antoine-François Marmontel
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Olga Samaroff.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1882-08-08
- date of death
- 1948-05-17
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Lucy Mary Olga Agnes Hickenlooper
- student
- Thomas Schippers
- pseudonym
- Olga Samaroff
- Commons category
- Olga Samaroff
- P12749
- Pianico
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