Vida Chenoweth
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Vida Chenoweth (b. c. 1929, Enid, Oklahoma) was the first classical marimbist, also a noted ethnomusicologist and linguist. She is credited with bringing the marimba to public acceptance as a serious concert instrument.
She moved to New Guinea as a missionary and studied the music of the Usarufa tribe. She then developed a program in ethnomusicology for the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music based on her own theory of melodic perception and analysis.
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- VIDA CHENOWETH, First Classical Marimbist
- Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame: Vida Chenoweth
- SIL Bibliography: Vida Chenoweth
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