Name Henrietta Yurchenco Role Musical Artist | Education Yale School of Music | |
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Books Around the World in 80 Years: A Memoir : a Musical Odyssey Similar People New Lost City Ramblers, John Cohen, Mike Seeger, Lead Belly, Alan Lomax | ||
Skip James & Mable Hillery: Mary, Don't You Weep (c. 1965-1966)
Henrietta Yurchenco (born Henrietta Weiss in New Haven, Connecticut, March 22, 1916; died New York City, New York, December 10, 2007) was an American ethnomusicologist, folklorist, radio producer, and radio host.
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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 New York City, New York, and died there, from lung failure, at the age of 91.
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Yurchenco was interviewed by Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead and is featured in his book Songcatchers, published by National Geographic.
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