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Marie Goossens Free Music

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Marie Goossens Free Music

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.

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oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095900169

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