X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist


David Saperton

When Hofmann had a falling out with Mrs. Mary Louise Curtis Bok (later Zimbalist), the founder and president of the Curtis Institute, Saperton was dismissed from the Institute together with Hofmann.

Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist

After consulting with musician friends, including Josef Hofmann and Leopold Stokowski, on how best to help musically gifted young people, Mrs. Bok purchased three mansions on Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square and had them joined and renovated.


Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis

Mary Louise Curtis Bok founded Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, and dedicated it to her father in 1924.


see also