Charlotte Moorman
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American cellist and performance artist (1933–1991)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-11-18
- Active to
- 1991-11-08
Discography
- Cello Anthology2006
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Charlotte Moorman (November 18, 1933–November 8, 1991) was an American cellist and performance artist. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She studied cello from age ten and won a scholarship to Centenary College (Shreveport, Louisiana) where she took her B.A. in music in 1955. She received her M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and continued on to postgraduate studies at The Juilliard School in 1962. She began a traditional concert hall career but was soon drawn into the active mi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charlotte
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Little Rock
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- artist
- Educated at
- Little Rock Central High School
- Employer
- American Symphony Orchestra
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Academic degree
- Master of Arts
- Student of
- Leonard Rose
- Field of work
- avant-garde music
- Genre
- electronic music
- Movement
- mail art
- Instrument
- cello
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- date of birth
- 1933-11-18
- date of death
- 1991-11-08
- cause of death
- breast cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- has works in the collection
- Walker Art Center
- birth name
- Madeline Charlotte Moorman
- described at URL
- findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/agents/people/1514
- significant person
- Nam June Paik
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