Demmler, Dorothy, tape 1, side a

ca. August 8, 1991

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Title
Demmler, Dorothy, tape 1, side a
Date
ca. August 8, 1991
Identifier
CLP-OHMP-003-Demmler-01-a
Source Identifier
OHMP 3
Description
Dorothy Demmler (1908-1997) was the secretary of the Department of Music in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and a member of the Tuesday Music Club. Her father taught instrumental music in Carrick High School, and other Allegheny County schools and was a choir director. Her husband, Oscar W. Demmler, was the Instrumental Music Director for Pittsburgh Public Schools, and a substitute organist at 20 Pittsburgh area churches. Demmler talks about her early music education; her family as a child; lessons at the music school Fillion Studios; Mr. Fillion and his wife; Liam Lockhart a music teacher of hers; her husband Oscar Demmler's early career in music education in the Pittsburgh Public Schools; Dr. Will Earhart, the director of music in Pittsburgh Public Schools; the Pittsburgh Musical Institute; and Jacob Evanson, director of vocal music in the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Extent
30 minutes
Type
sound recordings-nonmusical
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Subject
Secretaries
Families
Music
Instruction
Music teachers
Synagogue music
Church music
Musicians
Demmler, Dorothy
Demmler, Oscar W.
Geographic Subjects
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Source
Maurice Levy Oral History of Music in Pittsburgh Collection (OHMP)
Language
eng
Contributor
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Collection
Maurice Levy Oral History of Music in Pittsburgh Collection
Rights Information
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Rights Holder
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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