Coolidge, Elizabeth Sprague
(1864–1953)
Coolidge, Elizabeth SpragueCoolidge, Elizabeth SpragueElizabeth Sprague Coolidge (B * CHICAGO, 1864 – D † CAMBRIDGE [MA], 1953) Born Elizabeth Penn Sprague, from a wealthy Chicago business family with historic New England origins, she married a doctor, Frederick Shurtleff Coolidge (1865 – 1915), in 1891. She was an important American patroness (and chamber music pianist) who commissioned numerous works of chamber music by composers such as Bartok (1881 – 1945), Copland (1900 – 1990), Hindemith…