Madeline Dreyfuss Heineman Berger (born 1882, in Nevada City, California; died 1943, in La Jolla, California) was a prominent activist in support of music and the arts in Tucson, Arizona. During her three decades of leadership of the Saturday Morning Music Club, the organization grew to become a significant promoter of local classical musicians and children's musical education. Berger was instrumental in planning and fundraising for the foundation of the Temple of Music and Art in 1927, which became Tucson's premier concert venue, and survives today as the home of the Arizona Theatre Company. [1] [2] [3] In February 2012, Berger was one of the 10 notable historic Tucsonians whose lives were reenacted on stage to commemorate the Arizona Centennial. [4]
We are offering you this Temple, with its Spirit of Music, to be yours for all time; to enjoy, to care for, and cause to grow. Let its harmony spread from the few who are here to the many who are not here. Tonight it is young; into your kind hands and big hearts, we place it. Look then into the future and make it the Mecca of Art.
Berger, 1907 [5]
References
- ^ "Madeline Heineman Berger (b. 1882, d. 1943)". Arizona Women's Heritage Trail. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ Allen, Paul L. (24 June 2006). "Transplant brought touch of class". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- ^ C. L. Sonnichsen (1987). Tucson: The Life and Times of an American City. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806120423.
- ^ Teya Vitu (February 2012). "CENTENNIAL: INTERVIEWS WITH GHOSTS OF TUCSON'S PAST". Downtown Tucson.
- ^ "Best Performance Venue--Indoors". Tucson Weekly. 1996.
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