DeLay, Dorothy (1917–2002)

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DeLay, Dorothy (1917–2002)

American violinist and music teacher. Name variations: Dorothy De Lay. Born 1917 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas; died Mar 24, 2002, in Rockland Co., NY; attended Oberlin College and Michigan State University; m. Edward Newhouse (New Yorker writer); children: Alison Dinsmore and Jeffrey Newhouse.

The world's foremost violin teacher, had her own concert career, then taught at Juilliard School for over 50 years (1948–2000); traveled the world offering master classes; also taught at Aspen Music School in Colorado in summer; students included Itzhak Perlman, Midori, Gil Shaham and Nigel Kennedy. Received National Medal of Arts from President Clinton (1994).

See also Barbara Lourie Sand, Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and the Making of a Musician.

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