Biography
Marie Goossens
Effective period / Period of releases: 1963
British harp player & teacher, and author. Born in 1894 in London, England, UK - Died in 1991 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.She was Principal Harp of the Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Diaghilev Ballet seasons), The New Queen's Hall Orchestra (1920-1930), London Philharmonic Orchestra (1932-1939), London Symphony Orchestra (1939-1959), and the London Mozart Players from 1972. Professor of Harp at the Royal College of Music, London (1954-1967). In 1984, she was awarded an OBE.
Daughter of Eugène Goossens and sister of composer/conductor Sir Eugene Goossens, harpist Sidonie Goossens and oboist Leon Goossens.