Martha Maybury Wampler collection, 1964-2005; (bulk 1964-1981).

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Martha Maybury Wampler collection, 1964-2005; (bulk 1964-1981).

The Correspondence is divided into three categories: 1) Correspondence regarding Wampler's Fulbright grant (with accompanying documentation) 2) Personal correspondence, consisting of one letter from Gertrud Orff, wife of Carl Orff 3) Correspondence pertaining to the donation of this collection to the Conservatory. There are four photographs: two are 3 x 5 photographs of Martha Wampler playing the viola da gamba in a duet-on one picture with a gentleman playing double bass, in the other a woman playing recorder; the third photograph is a 5 x 7 photo of Martha Wampler, holding a copy of her own book, in discussion with two other women; the fourth is a 6 x 9.5 photograph taken in 1972 of Martha Wampler teaching children the Orff method. Wampler's writings consist of a copy of her book, And Early Sing: Creativity and Participation with Young Children (c. 1973) and a copy of a manuscript for the song Give Me Liberty, for which Wampler composed the lyrics (Music by Frederick Mùˆller). The Miscellaneous folder only contains one item: a brochure for an Orff-Schulwerk Workshop which Wampler taught at Eastern Nazarene College.

.15 lin. ft. (6 folders).

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Orff, Gertrud.

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Muller, Frederick

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Wampler, Martha Maybury

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At the age of 18, Martha Elizabeth (Maybury) Wampler a native of Richmond, VA, studied violin with C. Roland Reasoner for two years (1946-1948) at the New England Conservatory. She returned to NEC in 1951-1952, studying violin with Frank MacDonald, as well as taking courses in orchestra and solfege. Wampler received her undergraduate degree in mathematics in 1950 from Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, MA. In 1962, Wampler earned her M.A. in Music from California State College, Long Beach. In add...