Bauer, Marion (Eugenie)

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Bauer, Marion (Eugenie)

Bauer, Marion (Eugenie), American composer, teacher, and writer on music; b. Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 15, 1887; d. South Hadley, Mass., Aug. 9, 1955. She began her training with her father, an amateur musician. In 1904 she went to N.Y. to study with Huss; after piano lessons with Pugno in Paris (1905), she returned to N.Y. in 1907 to study theory with Eugene Heffley. In 1910 she went to Germany to pursue composition lessons with Rothwell, and then to Paris in 1923 to complete her training with Gédalge (fugue) and Boulanger (composition). She taught at N.Y. Univ. (1926–51), Chautauqua (from 1928), and the Juilliard School of Music in N.Y. (1940–44). Her music oscillated pleasur-ably between German Romanticism and Gallic Impressionism.

Writings

(all publ. in N.Y): with E. Peyser, How Music Grew: From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day (1925; 2^nd ed., rev., 1939); with E. Peyser, Music through the Ages: A Narrative for Student and Layman (1932; 2^nd ed., rev., 1946; 3^rd ed., rev. and enl., 1967 by E. Rogers as Music Through the Ages: An Introduction to Music History); Twentieth Century Music (1933; 2^nd ed., rev., 1947); Musical Questions and Quizzes: A Digest of Information About Music (1941); with E. Peyser, How Opera Grew: From Ancient Greece to the Present Day (1956).

Works

ORCH.: Indian Pipes (1927; orch. by M. Bernstein; arr. for Piano, 1928); Lament on African Themes for Chamber Orch. (1928); Symphonic Suite for Strings (1940); Piano Concerto, American Youth (1943); Sym. (1947–50). CHAMBER: Allegro giocoso for 11 Instruments (1920); Violin Sonata (1922); String Quartet (1928); Sonata for Viola or Clarinet and Piano (1935); Concertino for Oboe, Clarinet, and String Quartet (1939–43); 2 trio sonatas (1944, 1951); Aquarelle for Woodwind Ensemble or Chamber Orch. (1948). Piano: In the Country (1913); From New Hampshire Woods (1921); Sun Splendor (1926); Dance Sonata (1932); 2 Aquarelles (1945). VOCAL: Many choruses and songs.