Jessie Baetz
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Jessie Baetz was a Canadian-American artist, composer, and pianist.
She was a native of Toronto, Canada, where she studied and taught at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, now known as the Royal Conservatory of Music
. She immigrated to New York
, where 1930s census records list her occupation as “painter,” and her art was included in an exhibit at the Jumble Shop on West 8th Street. She studied with another ultramodernist composer, Johanna Beyer
, played on Beyer’s concerts for the New York Composers’ Forum, and showed clear signs of Beyer and Henry Cowell
’s influence in her experimental compositional techniques such as tone clusters, polymeters, and string piano
techniques. Her own works were performed in the Composers’ Forum on December 15, 1937.
She was a native of Toronto, Canada, where she studied and taught at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, now known as the Royal Conservatory of Music
Royal Conservatory of Music
The Royal Conservatory of Music is a music school and performance venue in Toronto, Canada. Other uses of the term include:*The Madrid Royal Conservatory, Spain*The Royal Academy of Music, London, United Kingdom...
. She immigrated to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, where 1930s census records list her occupation as “painter,” and her art was included in an exhibit at the Jumble Shop on West 8th Street. She studied with another ultramodernist composer, Johanna Beyer
Johanna Beyer
Johanna Magdalena Beyer was a German-American composer and pianist.-Biography:Johanna Beyer was born in Leipzig, Germany, but very little is known about her life prior to her move to the United States in 1923...
, played on Beyer’s concerts for the New York Composers’ Forum, and showed clear signs of Beyer and Henry Cowell
Henry Cowell
Henry Cowell was an American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario. His contribution to the world of music was summed up by Virgil Thomson, writing in the early 1950s:...
’s influence in her experimental compositional techniques such as tone clusters, polymeters, and string piano
String piano
String piano is a term coined by American composer-theorist Henry Cowell to collectively describe those pianistic extended techniques in which sound is produced by direct manipulation of the strings, instead of or in addition to striking the piano's keys...
techniques. Her own works were performed in the Composers’ Forum on December 15, 1937.
Works
- Two Compositions for Violin and Piano
- Three Vocalizes for Soprano
- Six Dances for Percussion
See also
- Music of CanadaMusic of CanadaThe music of Canada has influences that have shaped the country. Aboriginals, the British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has subsequently been heavily influenced by American culture because of its proximity and migration between...
- List of Canadian composers