CAPERTON, Florence Tait
(*1886)> VIOLINIST · COMPOSER
CAPERTON, Florence Tait (Mrs. G.A. Dornin) American violinist and composer. Amherst County, VA, April 21, 1886. She studied the violin under Charles Borjes, conductor of the first Norfolk Symphony Orchestra, of which she became soloist and concertmistress (1902 to 1904). In 1909 she moved to Baltimore where she studied at the Peabody Conservatory. In 1946 she moved to Iowa, studied music at the State University and played in the Symphony Orchestra. She studied harmony and composition under…