Audrey Call | |
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Audrey Call Marcelli | |
Born | Alton, Indiana | April 12, 1905
Died | Santa Rosa, California | June 3, 2001
Nationality | American |
Education | Sherwood Music School (Chicago), Conservatoire National de Musique et de Declamation (Paris) |
Known for | Soloist and composer for numerous radio shows in the 1930s, including "Halls of Ivy" and "Fibber McGee and Molly" |
Notable work | "the Witch of Harlem", "Canterbury Tales" |
Style | jazz violin |
Spouse | Ulderico Marcelli |
Audrey Call (1905–2001) was an American violinist and composer, writing for and soloing with studio orchestras for NBC and CBS in New York, Chicago, and Hollywood. One of very few women composers writing in a jazz style for the violin, she performed on the "Fibber McGee and Molly", "Dennis Day", "Imogene Coca", and Ronald Colman's Halls of Ivy radio shows.[1]