Marcia davenport biography

Marcia Davenport (née Glick; June 9, 1903 – January 16, 1996) was an American writer and music critic.

Marcia Davenport was an American writer and music critic.

Biography.

DAVENPORT, MARCIA (1903–1996), U.S. novelist.

Marcia Davenport was born Abigail Marcia Gluck, the daughter of opera singer Alma Gluck and her first husband, Bernard Gluck (some sources give his surname.

Biography..

Marcia Davenport

American novelist (1903–1996)

Marcia Davenport (néeGlick; June 9, 1903 – January 16, 1996) was an American writer and music critic. She is best known for her 1932 biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the first American published biography of Mozart.

Davenport also is known for her novels The Valley of Decision and East Side, West Side, both of which were adapted to film in 1945 and 1949, respectively.

Early life and education

Marcia Davenport was born Marcia Glick in New York City on June 9, 1903, the daughter of Bernard Glick and the opera singer Alma Gluck.

American author and music critic.

Her family is of Romanian-Jewish descent.^[1] Around 1911, when Marcia was 8, her parents separated. Her mother remarried Efrem Zimbalist, a concert violinist.^[2] With Zimbalist as a step-father, Marcia had two half-siblings: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

(who became an actor) and Maria Virginia Zimbalist Bennett.

She described her childhood as very lonely, apart from music