Henrietta Yurchenko

Who was Henrietta Yurchenko?

Henrietta Yurchenco was an American ethnomusicologist, folklorist, radio producer, and radio host.

She studied piano at Yale School of Music. She recorded traditional music in Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, and Morocco. She also worked at WNYC and taught at the City College of New York.

She married the painter Basil Yurchenco and knew Alan Lomax and Pete Seeger.

She lived in Manhattan, New York, and died there, from lung failure, at the age of 91.