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'''Winifred Estella Bambrick''' (February 21, 1892 - April 11, 1969)<ref name=canenc>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000184 Bambrick, Winifred]. [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]].</ref> was a [[Canada|Canadian]] classical musician and novelist. |
'''Winifred Estella Bambrick''' (February 21, 1892 - April 11, 1969)<ref name=canenc>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0000184 Bambrick, Winifred]. [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]].</ref> was a [[Canada|Canadian]] classical musician and novelist. |
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Born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] and raised in [[Chelsea, Quebec|Chelsea]], [[Quebec]], Bambrick made her debut as a [[harpist]] at [[New York City]]'s [[Aeolian Hall]] on October 22, 1913.<ref name=canenc /> The following year, she recorded a number of selections for [[Edison Records]]' [[Edison Disc Record|Diamond Disc]] series, including [[Robert Ambrose (composer)|Robert Ambrose]]'s "One Sweetly Solemn Thought", [[Gabriel Verdalle]]'s "Vision" and [[Angelo Francis Pinto]]'s "Tarantelle".<ref name=canenc /> She subsequently played in [[John Philip Sousa]]'s band from 1920 to 1930,<ref name=canenc /> and then spent the 1930s performing as a solo artist and with a [[circus]] orchestra in [[Europe]].<ref name=canenc /> |
Born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]] and raised in [[Chelsea, Quebec|Chelsea]], [[Quebec]], Bambrick made her debut as a [[harpist]] at [[New York City]]'s [[Aeolian Hall (New York)|Aeolian Hall]] on October 22, 1913.<ref name=canenc /> The following year, she recorded a number of selections for [[Edison Records]]' [[Edison Disc Record|Diamond Disc]] series, including [[Robert Ambrose (composer)|Robert Ambrose]]'s "One Sweetly Solemn Thought", [[Gabriel Verdalle]]'s "Vision" and [[Angelo Francis Pinto]]'s "Tarantelle".<ref name=canenc /> She subsequently played in [[John Philip Sousa]]'s band from 1920 to 1930,<ref name=canenc /> and then spent the 1930s performing as a solo artist and with a [[circus]] orchestra in [[Europe]].<ref name=canenc /> |
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Her experience in Europe, which coincided with the events that would lead to [[World War II]], inspired the novel ''Continental Revue'', which was published in 1946 and won that year's [[Governor General's Award for English language fiction]].<ref name=canenc /> Her second novel, ''The Lasting Spring'', was reportedly completed in 1947 but was never published.<ref name=canenc /> |
Her experience in Europe, which coincided with the events that would lead to [[World War II]], inspired the novel ''Continental Revue'', which was published in 1946 and won that year's [[Governor General's Award for English language fiction]].<ref name=canenc /> Her second novel, ''The Lasting Spring'', was reportedly completed in 1947 but was never published.<ref name=canenc /> |
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Winifred Estella Bambrick (February 21, 1892 - April 11, 1969)[1] was a Canadian classical musician and novelist.
Born in Ottawa, Ontario and raised in Chelsea, Quebec, Bambrick made her debut as a harpist at New York City's Aeolian Hall on October 22, 1913.[1] The following year, she recorded a number of selections for Edison Records' Diamond Disc series, including Robert Ambrose's "One Sweetly Solemn Thought", Gabriel Verdalle's "Vision" and Angelo Francis Pinto's "Tarantelle".[1] She subsequently played in John Philip Sousa's band from 1920 to 1930,[1] and then spent the 1930s performing as a solo artist and with a circus orchestra in Europe.[1]
Her experience in Europe, which coincided with the events that would lead to World War II, inspired the novel Continental Revue, which was published in 1946 and won that year's Governor General's Award for English language fiction.[1] Her second novel, The Lasting Spring, was reportedly completed in 1947 but was never published.[1]
Suffering from emphysema, she gave up public performance around 1960, and spent the remainder of her life living in Montreal and Sept-Îles.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bambrick, Winifred. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
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