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Aubertine Woodward Moore 1841 ~ 1929
Musical critic, translator, and
lecturer. Was born September 27, 1841, near Philadelphia. She
wrote under the pen name of "Aubertine Forestier." She
contributed articles to the Philadelphia papers on the resources
of California, and published translations of several novels from
the German. Also translations of music and original songs.
In 1877 she published "Echoes from
Mist-Land," or more fully "The Nibelungen Lay Revealed
to Lovers of Romance and Chivalry," which is a prose
version of the famous poem, and was the first American
translation of that work which received favorable comment, not
only in this country but in England and Germany.
She is a well-known Scandinavian
translator and is a pioneer in the translation of the Norway
Music Album, a valuable collection of Norwegian folk-lore songs,
dances, national airs and compositions for the piano.
In December, 1887, she became the wife
of Samuel H. Moore. Mrs. Moore is considered an authority on the
musical history and literature of the Scandinavians, and a
collection of her writings in that field would form the most
valuable compendium of Scandinavian lore to be found in the
English language. She has done valuable work in making Americans
familiar with Norwegian literature and music.
She has been invited to give evenings on
this subject before the various clubs of this country, notably
the Sorosis, of New York, and the Woman's Club, of Boston. She
is unexcelled as a translator of the poetry of the Norwegian,
French, and German writers, and her translation of Goethe's "Erl
King" has been considered the finest ever made.
Women of
America
Source: The Part Taken by Women in
American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle
Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
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