Background
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy was born on December 29, 1912 in Melbourne, Australia. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1948. Daughter of Ernest and Myrtle (Bailey) Glanville-H.
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy was born on December 29, 1912 in Melbourne, Australia. Came to the United States, 1940, naturalized, 1948. Daughter of Ernest and Myrtle (Bailey) Glanville-H.
Scholarship, Royal College Music, London, 1932-1936; scholarship, Ecole Normale, Paris private student, Egon Wellesz, Nadia Boulanger.
Co-founder International Music Fund to assist European artists. Music critic New York Herald Tribune, 1948-1958. Director Composers Forum, produced concert series for young composers, Donnell Library.
Auditorium and Columbia University, 1950-1960. With, Chandler Cowles. Produced Lou Harrison's opera Rapnuzel, under name of The Artists Company, New York City, 1959.
With Yehudi Menuhin, master of ceremonies for concerts of Indian music Museum Modern Art, 1955. Commissioned to compose ballet score Masque of the Wild Man for 1st Spoletto (Italy) Festival, 1958, ballet Saul for Columbia Broadcasting System-television, 1959, full-length opera Nausicaa, Athens Festival, Greece, 1961.
Member League Composers, Contemporary Music Society, Junior Council of Museum Modern Art.
Married Stanley Bate, 1938.