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Mary Davenport Engberg: Pioneering Musician in a Bachelors’ Frontier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2011

ELIZABETH JULIANA KNIGHTON
ELIZABETH JULIANA KNIGHTON*
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Abstract

Many women in the United States encountered resistance to their involvement in orchestral conducting and public instrumental performance—both solo and ensemble—in the early twentieth century. Mary Davenport Engberg (1880–1951), however, became involved in the developing musical culture of the Pacific Northwest without encountering opposition based on her gender. In 1911 Engberg founded the mixed-gender Bellingham Symphony Orchestra, which she conducted until she became the conductor of the Seattle Civic Symphony Orchestra in 1921, and she also performed extensively as a violinist in Seattle and along the West Coast. She was the director of an influential music school in Seattle and cofounded the Seattle Civic Opera Association in 1932. Engberg's life and accomplishments reveal the effect of regional differences in the experiences and reception of women in American music. An understanding of her contributions leads to a better appreciation of the varied roles played by women in instrumental music throughout our country's history.

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Journal of the Society for American Music , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 2011 , pp. 365 - 394
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“Local News.” Seattle Times, 24 April 2008.Google Scholar
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“Musician and Playgoer.” Town Crier (Seattle), 13 November 1926.Google Scholar
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“Opera and Concert Programs of the Week.” Announcement of Anita Lipp recital. New York Times, 12 November 1950.Google Scholar
“Orchestra Gets Praise from Violinist.” Bellingham Herald, 25 January 1913.Google Scholar
“Orchestra to Open Season November 4.” Seattle Times, 28 October 1923.Google Scholar
“Orchestra to Play ‘Pathetique’ Next.” Seattle Times, 23 December 1923.Google Scholar
“Poet Pays Tribute to Great Musician.” Bellingham Herald, 9 February 1906.Google Scholar
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“Pupils Appear with Orchestra.” Seattle Times, 17 February 1924.Google Scholar
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Bellingham Women's Music Club Administrative Records. Minute Book 1917–19. Collection of the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wash.Google Scholar
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“Engberg, Davenport (Mary Laura Cornwall).” Who's Who in Washington State. Vol. 1. Seattle: Arthur H. Allen, 1927.Google Scholar
Engberg, Mary Davenport. “Davenport Engberg School of Violin.” Advertising pamphlet. Seattle, n.d. Collection held by Margaret Price, Seattle, Wash.Google Scholar
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Engberg, Paul. Interview with Galen Biery. 8 December 1965. Cassette recording. Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wash.Google Scholar
Faculty List of the Washington State Normal School. Klipsum. Yearbook. 1915–16. Western Washington University Libraries Special Collections, Bellingham, Wash.Google Scholar
Federal Census Records, 1880, Spokane, Wash. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com. Bellingham Public Library, Bellingham, Wash.Google Scholar
Harrison, Mrs. Joseph B. “The Ladies Musical Club: Its Civic Function.” From the commemorative program of the Golden Anniversary of Artists Concerts 1900–50, 17, 21. Seattle: Ladies Musical Club, 1950.Google Scholar
Marriage license. Henry Christian Engberg and Mamie Laurie Davenport. Date of License, 7 August 1899. Fairhaven, Wash. Washington State Archives, Northwest Branch, Bellingham, Wash.Google Scholar
Minutes of the Local 76 board meetings, 23 March 1921 through 28 September 1926. Offices of the Musicians’ Association of Seattle, Wash.Google Scholar
Price, Margaret. Interview with the author. 10 January 2008.Google Scholar
Program of the Davenport Engberg School of Music. “Artist Students in Concert.” Mme. Davenport Engberg, conductor. Metropolitan Theatre, Seattle, 28 October (no year). Unprocessed archives of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.Google Scholar
Program of the Seattle Civic Symphony Orchestra. Mme. Davenport-Engberg, conductor. Metropolitan Theatre, Seattle, 25 November 1923.Google Scholar