Sybla Ramus
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Sybla Ramus | |
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| Born | October 3, 1874 Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | January 1963 (aged 88) |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, music educator, writer |
Sybla Ramus (October 3, 1874 – January 1963) was an American musician, music educator, and writer. She wrote fiction, plays, and a libretto for an opera.
Ramus was born in Virginia, the daughter of Charles Emil Ramus and Sybla Faulds Ramus. Her father was born in Denmark and her mother was born in Canada.[1] Her brother Carl Ramus became a prominent physician. She studied music with Madame Neilson Rounseville in Chicago,[2][3] Max Bendix in New York,[4] Arno Hilf in Leipzig, and Otakar Ševčík in Prague.[5][6]
Career
Ramus performed as a violinist and a pianist in Europe and the United States.[7][8] She and her brother gave a joint piano recital in Chicago in 1886, when she was twelve.[2] In 1888, she played at Kimball Hall,[9] and the Chicago Tribune described her and Augusta Cottlow as "two remarkably talented children".[10] She gave a well-reviewed piano concert in Chicago in December 1889.[11] She played viola in the St. James Orchestra in Chicago in 1894.[12] In 1905, she was called "one of the finest violinists in Honolulu."[13] In 1934 she was soloist at a free concert at the Brooklyn Museum.[14]