Blanche Winogron was an American harpsichordist

Harpsichordist

A harpsichordist is a person who plays the harpsichord.Many baroque composers played the harpsichord, including Johann Sebastian Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, George Frideric Handel, François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau...

, pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

, and teacher

Teacher

A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...

.

She taught at the Mannes College of Music

Mannes College of Music

Mannes College The New School for Music is The New School university's music conservatory. While the university's main campus is located in Greenwich Village, New York City, Mannes maintains its main academic building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan....

 from 1961 to 1969, and the New England Conservatory of Music

New England Conservatory of Music

The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, is the oldest independent school of music in the United States.The conservatory is home each year to 750 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies along with 1400 more in its Preparatory School as well as the School of...

 from 1968 to 1977. Her students included Peter Sykes and Wendy Redlinger. She was a member of New York Pro Musica

New York Pro Musica

New York Pro Musica was a vocal and instrumental ensemble that specialized in Medieval and Renaissance early music. It was co-founded in 1952, under the name Pro Musica Antiqua, by Noah Greenberg, a choral director, and Bernard Krainis, a recorder player who studied with Erich Katz.The ensemble is...

and the Rococo Ensemble, and a founding member of the Consort of Players.

She was married to American music scholar and librarian Sydney Beck; they had a son, Michael Beck.

Discography

• Farnaby: Canzonets and Virginals Music. EMS 5 (1953)
• Adriano Banchieri: Festino. Esoteric ES-516 (1953)
• An Elizabethan Songbag for Young People. Esoteric ESJ-6 (1954)
• Children's Songs of Shakespeare's Time. Counterpoint / Esoteric CPT 540 (1957)
• Thomas Morley: Elizabethan Madrigals, Canzonets and Ballets. Counterpoint CPT-520 (1966)
• Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (selections). Dover HCR-ST-7015 (stereo) (1966)