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Performing groups

Name

Reference in name

Residence

Began

Ended

Walden H

Henry David Thoreau’s Walden

USA

1934

1979?

M T R R

Problems, questions

The last concert by the Quartet traced so far took place on 1979-09-15 at Olivet Nazarene College.

Additional references

Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1935–46

Walden String Quartet Records, ca. 1945–1975; Robert H. Swenson Papers, 1937–1966, 1980 (Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); concert programs in the University of Illinois School of Music Library

Grossman 1972

ext	Given name	Family name		Start	Stop
VIOLIN I	Homer	Schmitt	b. 1911	1934	1979?	d. 1980
VIOLIN II	Bernard	Goodman	b. 1914	1934	1974	d. 1999
	Maria	Lloyd	b. 1922	1974	1979?	d. 1998
VIOLA	LeRoy	Collins	b. 1914?	1934	1937	d. 1972?
	Notes Also appeared in one or a few concerts in Fall 1938 Additional references A program from September 1938; birth and death from USSSDI
	Ben	Selcer	b. 1913	1937	1938	d. 1996
	Additional references In programs from 1937–38; probably played in a concert in late 1942
	David	Schwartz	b. 1916	1938	1941	d. 2013
	Additional references In programs from 1938 to 1940 and newspaper columns up to 1941
	Milton	Thomas	b. 1920	1941	1943	d. 2001
	George	Poinar	b. 1910	1943	1946	d. 1986
	Eugene	Weigel	b. 1910	1946	1948	d. 1998
	John	Garvey	b. 1921	1948	1970	d. 2006
	Additional references Letter attached to the Quartet’s IRS form 1065 for the year 1970
	William	Magers	b. 1934	1970	1971	d. 2011
	Additional references Letters attached to the Quartet’s IRS form 1065 for the years 1970 and 1971
	Guillermo	Perich	b. 1924	1971	1979?	d. 2016
	Additional references Letter attached to the Quartet’s IRS form 1065 for the year 1971
CELLO	Robert	Swenson	b. 1910	1934	1979?	d. 1996