Mana-Zucca
Biography
Mana-Zucca (25 December 1885--8 March 1981) was an American actress, singer, pianist and composer; born Gizella Zuccamanof (later changed to Zuccaman) in New York City on December 25, 1885; the daughter of Polish émigrés, she was a child prodigy who began composing at an early age; she studied piano with the eminent Polish pianist and pedagogue Alexander Lambert, who suggested that she take the stage name of Augusta, which she used for a while but did not like and later dropped in favor of Mana-Zucca, a rearrangement of her surname; she also studied harmony and composition with Herman Spielter; she married Irwin M. Cassel on 21 September 1921; Mana-Zucca had three distinct but interconnected careers: as a concert pianist of great renown, as a singer who performed leading roles in musical comedy, and as a prolific composer; her brochure of published music totals more than four hundred works; these include music for piano, orchestra, and voice; she also composed music for young students; she died in Miami on March 8, 1981; her papers, including copies of her compositions, are housed at Florida International University
Occupations
Places
- New York (N.Y.) (Place of Birth)
- Miami (Fla.) (Place of Death)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
"I Love Life", 1923
Low
"In God We Trust", 1923
Rachem, 1919
Medium, Text in Hebrew, Italian, and English
"The Big Brown Bear", 1919
"The old mill's grist", 1922
High G, Medium F, Low E flat
The Top O' the Mornin', 1920
Medium