Title
Helen Glatz
Helen Glatz
Description
Helen Sinclair Glatz (1908-1996) was an English composer and pianist, a pupil of Ralph Vaughan Wiliams. In 1933 She travelled to Vienna, Italy and Budapest where she studied under Zoltán Kodály and Sandor Vegh. She married linguist Wolf Glatz in Hungary and remained there during World War II until he could secure passage out of the country, fleeing as the Red Army took Budapest. The couple settled in South Devon and after her husband's death in 1952, she joined the staff at Dartington Hall, Totnes, where she taught piano, percussion, accompanied choirs, conducted and worked closely with Imogen Holst and Sir William Glock.
Helen Sinclair Glatz (1908-1996) was an English composer and pianist, a pupil of Ralph Vaughan Wiliams. In 1933 She travelled to Vienna, Italy and Budapest where she studied under Zoltán Kodály and Sandor Vegh. She married linguist Wolf Glatz in Hungary and remained there during World War II until he could secure passage out of the country, fleeing as the Red Army took Budapest. The couple settled in South Devon and after her husband's death in 1952, she joined the staff at Dartington Hall, Totnes, where she taught piano, percussion, accompanied choirs, conducted and worked closely with Imogen Holst and Sir William Glock.
