Elise Fellows White

Mary Elise Fellows White (November 14, 1873 – March 22, 1953) was an American author, composer, and violinist who recorded for Schirmer records. the only child of Frank and Deborah Swan Fellows. Her father played violin and was White’s first violin teacher. When she was 10 years old, White and her mother moved to Boston so she could study at the New England Conservatory of Music with Timothee Adamowski, Campanari, Emery, L.C. Elson, and later Franz Kneisel. with the McKenzie Tour Company trio consisting of soprano Rebecca McKenzie, pianist Bertha O’Reilly, and White. Family During this tour, White met her future husband, Bruce M. White, a mine owner and developer. Writing White’s articles include: *College Jazz and What it Symbolizes (Musical Observer) *Music Versus Materialism (Musical Quarterly 8; 1922) White’s poems include: *Concert (Sonnet) *Fifth Symphony (Sonnet) *In Memoriam White encountered several well-known people during her life, including Johannes Brahms while studying in Vienna during the 1890s. She wrote in her diary about seeing Charles Lindbergh in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, on July 25, 1927, only two months after his historic solo flight across the Atlantic. Artis