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Again in 2005 I obtained an e-mail from Elsa Jean Davidson
informing me she had in her possession the 2 Branscombe Choral scrapbooks
that dated from 1934-1954. Her
grandmother and mom had been members of the Choral and have been keepers of the scrapbooks. The scrapbooks have been handed all the way down to Elsa Jean
to protect.
The Branscombe Choral scrapbooks reside with Gena Branscombe’s
assortment on the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Scrapbooks – books that maintain mementos, photos, paperwork, dried
leaves or flowers, postcards, letters, bulletins and extra. They assist us attain again to valuable reminiscences
of instances passed by whether or not joy-filled, bittersweet or unhappy. Scrapbooking is private storytelling!
In 1872 Mark Twain, the writer of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, patented a self-pasting
scrapbook that had an adhesive grid sample on every web page. Who knew this well-known writer was additionally an
inventor?
Gena Branscombe’s daughter, Gena Tenney Phenix, stored a
scrapbook throughout her youthful years together with her years finding out on the Royal
Conservatory in London. The scrapbook is
within the possession of her son, Roger Phenix.
Lately Roger shared photos of his mom’s scrapbook
that included an article written by poet and writer Katherine Hale. Miss Hale writes of Gena Branscombe’s life, research and her compositional targets. The article was printed in
a Canadian newspaper.
There’s a partial
article, a recital program together with her mom’s Violin Sonata in A Minor because the final piece and a typed out commendation.
What stunning remembrances and a partial story of her mom’s life cherished by her daughter.
#BringingBackBranscombe
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