Frances Elliott Clark
, 1860 - 1958
Frances Elliott Clark was an American teacher and music appreciation advocate. She taught in Iowa and Milwaukee. She pioneered teaching techniques of having children listen to recordings of music in class via the phonograph. She then moved to Camden, New Jersey, and established the Victor Talking Machine Company to create educational recordings of music for use in classrooms. This company also published books to aid in educating children about music, including Pan and His Panpipes: and Other Tales for Children (1916).
Clark had degrees from Tri-State College and the Thomas Training School in 1888 and received an Honorary Doctor of Music from Temple University in 1929.
Sources:
sandyn.com (accessed: December 1, 2020),
Wikipedia (accessed: December 1, 2020).
Bio prepared by Robin Diver, University of Birmingham, RSD253@student.bham.ac.uk
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