Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1871, Sept. 8 | Born, Beirut, Lebanon, then part of Syria |
1882 | Arrived in Philadelphia, Pa. |
1893 | Graduated, Philadelphia Musical Academy, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1897 | Studied piano with Theodore Leschetizky, Vienna, Austria |
1898 | Married Frank L. Greenewalt |
1905 | Began investigation of how gradated colored lighting might enhance the emotional expression of music |
1918 | Published Light: Fine Art the Sixth; A Running Nomenclature to Underly the Use of Light as a Fine Art.Philadelphia: Westbrook Publishing Co. Filed her first patent, “Illuminating Means” |
1920 | Columbia records released her performance of Chopin's Preludes in E Minor, C minor, A Major and Nocturne in G Major |
1920-1934 | Sued for and won infringement of patent cases relating to her invention of a color organ device named "Sarabet" after her mother |
1946 | Published Nourathar, the Fine Art of Light Color Playing. Philadelphia: Westbrook Publishing Co. |
1950, Nov. 26 | Died, Wilmington, Del. |