Jeannette Thurber

Jeanette THURBER (konata ankaŭ kiel Jeannette Meyers Thurber, 29a de januaro, 1850, en Delhi, Novjorkio – 2a de januaro, 1946 en Bronxville, Novjorkio) was amongst the first major patrons of classical music in the United States. Thurber established the National Conservatory of Music of America in 1885—the first of its kind and an endeavor that some say ushered in the first orchestral music with a distinctively American sound. But in a very radical stance for the day, Thurber championed the rights of women, people of color and the handicapped to attend her school, sometimes on full scholarship. This was 1885—not too long after the Civil War—and her school was racially integrated, promoted women, and had an inclusive stance toward the handicapped.

Jeannette Thurber
Persona informo
Naskiĝo	29-an de januaro 1850 (1850-01-29) en Nov-Jorkio
Morto	2-an de januaro 1946 (1946-01-02) (95-jaraĝa) en Bronxville
Ŝtataneco	Usono
Okupo
Okupo	mondumano • komponisto

Thurber founded the school in part because of her belief that a nation should cultivate its own unique music—an unusual stance when the prevailing attitude was that all cultured art, especially orchestral music, came from Germany or Italy. While running the school, she sponsored competitions for American musicians to develop American music.