Monday, August 1, 2016

Carolyn Cone Baldwin

Carolyn Cone Baldwin

Born:           10 June 1887, Battle Creek, Michigan
Died:           28 December 1946, San Francico, California
Artist For:  Aeolian/Duo-Art

Born Carolyn Cohn, her father Henry was a successful Jewish wine merchant based in Milwaukee, who rose to become president of the California Wine Company. 

The Duo-Art catalogue states:

CAROLYN CONE BALDWIN is an American pianist who showed such remarkable musical gifts in early childhood that her parents took her to Chicago and placed her in charge of the late William H. Sherwood. Later her musical education was continued under the direction of Mme. Fanny Bloomfield-Zeisler until it was decided that she should go to Berlin and become a pupil of Rudolph Ganz, with whom she studied for four years. At Basle .. .. she took a further course of training with Ferruccio Busoni. She has played in Europe with great success; and returning to her native land, has given many recitals here and appeared as soloist with several of the leading orchestras. Her interpretations have been widely praised for their authority, originality and high artistic value. She records them for the Duo-Art Piano, exclusively

Married Lt. Cmdr. James W. Baldwin of the US Navy, and the couple had twin daughters.

She and her husband were both killed in a four car crash on the San Francisco Bay Bridge while returning to their home from a visit to Berkeley, and are buried in the Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Mateo.

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