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Charlotte Greenspan

Charlotte Greenspan is an author and pianist in Ithaca, New York. She holds a B.A. from Queens College, an M.M. from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. She has taught at the University of Wisconsin and Cornell University. Her most recent publications include a co-translation, with the author, of Laszlo Somfai's The Keyboard Sonatas of Joseph Haydn, “‘Rhapsody in Blue’: A Study in Hollywood Hagiography,” which appeared in The Gershwin Style, edited by Wayne Schneider, and “Irving Berlin in Hollywood,” which appeared in the Spring 2004 issue of American Music.

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Hephzibah Menuhin

Hephzibah Menuhin was a talented pianist and a dedicated human rights activist. After a successful international career performing with her brother Yehudi, Menuhin worked with her husband to assist the poor, the homeless, and the recently ill and served as president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

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Estelle Liebling

Estelle Liebling was a talented opera singer who performed at the Dresden Royal Opera House and the Metropolitan Opera and toured through the United States and Europe. She trained popular and Metropolitan Opera singers at her studio in New York for fifty years and wrote books on vocal training and compositions for piano and voice.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Charlotte Greenspan." (Viewed on March 28, 2023) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/greenspan-charlotte>.

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