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Publications of o Maud Powell, Pioneer American Violinist , by Karen A. Shaffer and Neva Garner Greenwood, (Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1988). The definitive biography of Maud Powell. Out of Print but available in libraries and occasionally on used book web sites.
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o Maud Powell, Legendary American Violinist, by Karen A. Shaffer (Arlington, VA: MPF Publications, 1994). This children's book focuses on Maud Powell's early years growing up in Illinois studying the violin and the challenges she faced on her journey to becoming a great violinist. It includes Maud Powell's "Ten Practice Rules."
This is the first in our Women in Music Children's Book Series designed to provide good female role models for children, both girls and boys, and to inspire girls especially to recognize and explore their own gifts and have the courage to follow their dreams.
20 pages, 14 photos, soft cover. Children's book, ages 8-12.
Click here to Order from the Maud Powell Society. $7.00 (includes U.S./Canada postage).
"Karen Shaffer has compiled a wonderful children's book. It is a delightful and inspiring portrait of Maud Powell, a great woman whose courage, artistry and actions helped shape the course of American history. I feel the book will be an inspiration to all children to follow their dreams."
--Theresa Hutchinson, Educator/American Materials The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
o Maud Powell, The Complete Recordings (1904-1917), Naxos Historical Series of Great Violinists, 4 Volumes. The exciting reissue of historic recordings by Maud Powell, the first solo instrumentalist to record for Victor's Celebrity Artist Series. International critical acclaim.
"Powell's performances are the type of playing that may bring tears to you eyes, going straight to the heart and soul of the music and resonating with whatever you find inside yourself....The music becomes a living thing in performances this good: breathing and moving and dancing right in front of you and commanding your attention. It will get to you and you will feel it. What more needs to be said? Bravo to Naxos for making these recordings available....a 'must-have.'"
-Bradley P. Lehman"A number of her recordings fit on two CDs, beautifully re-mastered by Ward Marston... She plays with incredible verve, pointedly "clean" technique, impeccable intonation, and none of the mannerisms found on recordings by great European violinists of the time."
-- Turok's Choice, April 2002
Available online through www.amazon.com. Not sold by the Maud Powell Society. For a complete listing of contents, liner notes, reviews, click on www.naxos.com and search for the CDs by catalog number:
Maud Powell, The Complete Recordings
 Naxos 8.110961 Volume 1 |
 Naxos 8.110962 Volume 2 |
 Naxos 8.110963 Volume 3 |
 Naxos 8.110993 Volume 4 |
o The Maud Powell Signature, Women in Music -- a magazine devoted to the achievements of women in classical music, past and present. To be published online on this web site beginning June 2008.
