Reich, Nancy B.

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Name (Latin)
Reich, Nancy B.
Other forms of name
Bassen, Nancy, 1924-2019
Date of birth
1924-07-03
Date of death
2019-01-31
Field of activity
Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896
Occupation
College teachers
Musicologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 20105603
Wikidata: Q1964459
Library of congress: n 82001312
Sources of Information
  • New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 12, 2019(in obituary published Feb. 11: Nancy B. Reich; b. Nancy Bassen, July 3, 1924, the Bronx; after her father's death in 1931, the family moved to Ithaca, N.Y.; later the family moved back to New York City; m. Haskell Aaron Reich, 1945 (d. 1983); d. Jan. 31, Ossining, N.Y., aged 94; her seminal 1985 biography of Clara Schumann established her as an important musical figure independent of her husband, the composer Robert Schumann, and helped turn the musicological spotlight on female composers; obtained her Ph.D. from New York University in 1972; taught at New York University, Queens College, Manhattanville College and was a visiting professor at Bard and at Williams)
  • Her Catalog of works of William Sydeman, 1966.
  • nuc87-4365: Her A commentary on and a translation of selected portions ... 1972(hdg. on NPurMC rept.: Reich, Nancy Bassen, 1924-)