Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

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Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge was an influential American patron of chamber music and modern composers, renowned for her extensive support of new works and the establishment of the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress.

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instanceOf American ⓘ
patron of music ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
activityPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
birthDate 1864-10-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1953-11-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
familyName Coolidge ⓘ
fieldOfActivity chamber music ⓘ
music patronage ⓘ
founded Coolidge Auditorium ⓘ
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation ⓘ
fullName Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge ⓘ
genreSupported chamber music ⓘ
contemporary classical music ⓘ
givenName Elizabeth ⓘ
honoredBy naming of the Coolidge Auditorium ⓘ
knownFor commissioning new musical works ⓘ
establishing the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress ⓘ
founding the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress ⓘ
legacy major influence on American chamber music repertoire ⓘ
locationOfFoundation Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
linked to: Library of Congress
notableFor support of chamber music ⓘ
support of modern composers ⓘ
notableWork commissioning numerous chamber music compositions for the Library of Congress ⓘ
occupation patron of the arts ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
parent Albert Arnold Sprague ⓘ
patronOf Aaron Copland ⓘ
Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
Béla Bartók ⓘ
Ernest Bloch ⓘ
Gian Carlo Menotti ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
Maurice Ravel ⓘ
Paul Hindemith ⓘ
religion Unitarian ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
spouse Frederic Shurtleff Coolidge ⓘ
supportedGenre chamber opera ⓘ
piano trio ⓘ
string quartet ⓘ

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Appalachian Spring → commissionedBy → Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge ⓘ
Ballet for Martha → commissionedBy → Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge ⓘ
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge → fullName → Elizabeth Penn Sprague Coolidge ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge