Irma Wolpe

Irma Wolpe (1902 – 1984) was a Romanian-born composer, born Irma Schoenberg in Bucharest in 1902.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She studied the piano and Dalcroze eurhythmics in Berlin.[2] She was a close friend of the German classical music composer Stefan Wolpe.[2] In 1934, she immigrated to Palestine with Wolpe and they were married in Jerusalem.[2] She frequently gave concerts actively and taught at the Palestine Conservatoire.[2]

References
  1. Clarkson, Austin (2004). "David Tudor's Apprenticeship: The Years with Irma and Stefan Wolpe". Leonardo Music Journal. 14: 5–10. JSTOR 1513499.
  2. "Irma Wolpe Rademacher". ada.evergreen.edu. November 22, 1979. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. Clarkson, Austin (2012). "MUSIC FOR PIANO". Wolpe.org. Wolpe.org. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. Kuivila, Ronald (2001). "Open Sources: Words, Circuits, and the Notation/Realization Relation in the Music of David Tudor" (PDF). Getty.edu. Getty Research Institute Symposium.
  5. Clarkson, Austin (2002). "Essays in Actionism: Wolpe's Pieces for Three Pianists". Perspectives of New Music. 40 (2): 115–133. JSTOR 25164489.
  6. "IRMA WOLPE - Obituary". January 10, 1984. Retrieved March 23, 2016 – via The New York Times.


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