NEWMAN, Adelaide

NEWMAN, Adelaide South African concert pianist, teacher and composer. Johannesburg, December 30, 1908. She started her piano studies at the age of six and later studied the piano under Mrs. W. Bell and harmony under Professor W. Bell. She won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in 1921 and in 1924 was awarded a post-graduate certificate by the South African College of Music and appointed the official college accompanist. For three years she gave concert recitals, returning to London in…