Plaut-Dercourt, Rose or Dercourt-Plaut
(1894–1992)
Plaut-Dercourt, Rose or Dercourt-PlautPlaut-Dercourt, RoseRose Plaut-Dercourt (B * OTTYNIA, POLAND, 1894 – D † NEW YORK, 1992) Born Rose Kramer, Polish-born American soprano who, with her husband Frederick Plaut (1907–1985), became a close friend of Poulenc in the late 1940s, during his first American tour. She was the vocal student of Marya Freund. Dercourt's New York debut recital was in Town Hall in 1944. Mr. Plaut was a sound engineer for Columbia Records, and he was a gifted photographer…