Gertrude Price Wollner

Gertrude Price Wollner (May 15, 1900 – March 1985) was an American writer and composer.[1] Her teachers included Albert Stossel, E. Robert Schmitz, and Emile Jacques Dalcroze. She married Herbert J. Wollner on April 2, 1926 and they had a daughter named Zelda.[2] She published several articles about music education[3] and one book, Improvisation in Music: Ways Toward Capturing Musical Ideas and Developing Them (1963).[4] Wollner taught at Boston University, New England Conservatory of Music, and New York University. She believed that "For any age, a childlike attitude and tenacity of search are essential, and rewarding. Not all “creative” music-making needs to be great music that lasts forever. Through the doing, something genuine occurs which enhances all future music experience for the individual."[5]

Wollner was an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota, the international music fraternity for women.[6]

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  3. ^ Boletín Interamericano de Música (in Spanish). Organization of American States. 1968.
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  6. ^ Hendrix, Michael (8 December 2017). "Honorary Member - Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity". www.sai-national.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.