Ruth Stuber Jeanne
Classical music, Musical Artist
1910 – 2004
Who was Ruth Stuber Jeanne?
Ruth Stuber Jeanne was an American marimbist, percussionist, violinist, and arranger. On April 29, 1940, she and Orchestrette Classique, an all female orchestra, premiered the Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra by American composer Paul Creston. The performance was at Carnegie Hall. Creston wrote Concertino for Stuber and dedicated it to the orchestra's director, Frédérique Petrides, who asked Creston to compose it. Creston was in the Audience. The 1940 program notes stated that Concertino was "the only work ever written for this instrument in serious form." Jeanne was a tympanist with Orchestrette Classique.
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