Ida Halpern | |
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 Halpern in 1943 | |
| Born | Ida Ruhdörfer July 17, 1910 |
| Died | February 7, 1987 (aged 76) |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Ph.D., musicology, University of Vienna, 1938 |
| Known for | Collecting, recording, and transcribing music of Native Americans of coastal British Columbia (particularly the Kwakiutl) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ethnomusicologist |
| Institutions | University of Shanghai, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University |
| Academic advisors | Robert Lach, Egon Wellesz, Robert Haas |
Ida Halpern OC (née Ruhdörfer; July 17, 1910 – February 7, 1987) was a Canadian ethnomusicologist.
Halpern was born in Vienna, Austria. She arrived in Canada in order to flee Nazism in her native country,[1] becoming a Canadian citizen in 1944. She worked among Native Americans of coastal British Columbia during the mid-20th century, collecting, recording, and transcribing their music and documenting its use in their cultures. Many of these recordings were released as LPs, with extensive liner notes and transcriptions. More recently, her collection has also been released digitally.[2][3]
- ^ "The Ida Halpern Records and the Archival Depiction of Indigenous Culture and Identity". Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- ^ "Ida Halpern". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
- ^ Watts, Richard (August 6, 2015), "How an escape from Nazis led to new world of First Nations songs", Times Colonist.