Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Ida Halpern (July 17, 1910 – February 7, 1987) was a Canadian ethnomusicologist.Born in Vienna, Austria, Halpern became a Canadian citizen in 1944. She worked among Native Americans of coastal British Columbia (particularly the Kwakiutl) during the mid-20th century, collecting, recording, and transcribing their music and documenting its use in their culture. Many of these recordings were released as LPs, with extensive liner notes and transcriptions. More recently, her collection has also been released digitally.Born as Ida Ruhdörfer, she married Georg Halpern in 1936, and moved with him to Italy before returning to Vienna to complete her studies. She received a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Vienna in 1938 where she studied under Robert Lach, Egon Wellesz and Robert Haas. After the Nazi takeover of Austria, the Halperns escaped to Shangai; there, Ida Halpern taught at the University of Shanghai. In 1939 they moved again to Vancouver. Ida Halpern joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia, and was an Honorary Associate, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. Halpern died in Vancouver, in 1987.The Ida Halpern Fellowship and Award, "to help support research on Native American Music of the United States and Canada" was established in her honor."@en }
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- Ida_Halpern abstract "Ida Halpern (July 17, 1910 – February 7, 1987) was a Canadian ethnomusicologist.Born in Vienna, Austria, Halpern became a Canadian citizen in 1944. She worked among Native Americans of coastal British Columbia (particularly the Kwakiutl) during the mid-20th century, collecting, recording, and transcribing their music and documenting its use in their culture. Many of these recordings were released as LPs, with extensive liner notes and transcriptions. More recently, her collection has also been released digitally.Born as Ida Ruhdörfer, she married Georg Halpern in 1936, and moved with him to Italy before returning to Vienna to complete her studies. She received a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Vienna in 1938 where she studied under Robert Lach, Egon Wellesz and Robert Haas. After the Nazi takeover of Austria, the Halperns escaped to Shangai; there, Ida Halpern taught at the University of Shanghai. In 1939 they moved again to Vancouver. Ida Halpern joined the faculty of the University of British Columbia, and was an Honorary Associate, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. Halpern died in Vancouver, in 1987.The Ida Halpern Fellowship and Award, "to help support research on Native American Music of the United States and Canada" was established in her honor.".