Mayer, Carrie Mina

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Carrie Mina Mayer was born in 1899. She was a pianist and singer in Pittsburgh, during the late 1920s and 1930s. She performed with Carl Whitmer’s Dramamount Singers as a contralto. She was also the pianist and singer at The Pittsburgh Trio, with Emil O. Wolff and Joseph Derdeyn. Carrie Mayer studied piano under Harvey B. Gaul and J Alvin Dise, and singing Emil O. Wolff and Ernestine Schumann-Heink. She died in 1999.

From the guide to the Carrie Mayer papers, 1920-1948, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.)

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creatorOf Carrie Mayer papers, 1920-1948 The New York Public Library. Music Division.
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associatedWith Gaul, Harvey B. (Harvey Bartlett), 1881-1945 person
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associatedWith Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 1861-1936 person
associatedWith Whitmer, T. Carl (Thomas Carl), 1873-1959 person
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