Rosemary Glyde (September 15, 1948 — January 18, 1994) was an American

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and composer. Focusing on expanding the limited repertory for solo viola, she wrote and transcribed many works for that instrument, including

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and

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's Cello Suites for viola. She founded the New York Viola Society in 1992.Rosemary Glyde, 46, Violist and Composer
, ''New York Times'', January 20, 1994; New York Viola Society,

, retrieved February 6, 2008. Glyde was born in

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, in 1948 to Edgar Glyde, a violist on faculty at the Alabama Polytechnic Institute, and Dorothy Glyde, a cellist. Glyde was trained as

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and violinist, studying under her father, a graduate of the

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, from the age of four. While a student at Auburn High School, she was concert mistress of the Sewanee Summer Music Center Orchestra, studying with Julius Hegyi. Before her graduation from Auburn High in 1966, she was offered a scholarship to

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to train under

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, with whom she continued training at the

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. She began her

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work at the

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under

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, but switched to viola and moved into the

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program studying with

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. Glyde won the Juilliard Viola Competition in 1973 and, for her thesis, discovered, edited, and performed

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's 1803 ''Quartet for Solo Viola and String Trio''. She graduated with a Doctor in Musical Arts from the Juilliard School, a Master of Music from the Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music from the Manhattan School of Music. After graduation, Glyde joined the Manhattan String Quartet with her sister, Judith, and Eric and Roy Lewis. Glyde arranged

's '' Cello Sonata in G minor'' and

's '' Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello'' and Sonatas for viola da gamba for viola, the latter two of which she performed and recorded. She composed several works for viola, notably a fantasia for solo viola, ''Whydah'', and a suite for four violas, ''Wei-ji''. She performed several works composed specifically for her, including works by composers Richard Lane,

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, and

Judith Shatin Judith Shatin (Allen) (b. November 21, 1949) is an American composer. Currently, she is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor at the University of Virginia. She also founded and is Director of the Virginia Center for Computer Music. Glyde died on January 18, 1994, due to cancer in

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. The New York Viola Society awards a "Rosemary Glyde Scholarship" to students for viola study in her honor.Rosemary Glyde, 46, Violist and Composer
; New York Viola Society,
Rosemary Glyde Scholarship Program
, retrieved February 6, 2008.

References

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