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Blanche Winogron (May 8, 1911 – November 22, 2002) was an American harpsichordist, pianist, virginalist, and teacher.

She taught at the Mannes College of Music from 1961 to 1969, and the New England Conservatory of Music from 1968 to 1977. Her students included Peter Sykes and Wendy Redlinger. She was a member of New York Pro Musica and the Rococo Ensemble, and a founding member of the Consort of Players.

She was married to American music scholar and librarian Sydney Beck; they had a son, Michael Beck.

Discography

• Farnaby: Canzonets and Virginals Music. EMS 5 (1953)
• Adriano Banchieri: Festino. Esoteric ES-516 (1953)
• An Elizabethan Songbag for Young People. Esoteric ESJ-6 (1954)
• Children's Songs of Shakespeare's Time. Counterpoint / Esoteric CPT 540 (1957)
• Thomas Morley: Elizabethan Madrigals, Canzonets and Ballets. Counterpoint CPT-520 (1966)
• Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (selections). Dover HCR-ST-7015 (stereo) (1966)

References

• Brief obituary
• Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (selections); Liner notes
• New York Pro Music discography

• 1911 births
• American harpsichordists
• Women harpsichordists
• American performers of early music
• Women performers of early music
• New England Conservatory faculty
• 2002 deaths
• 20th-century American classical musicians
• American music educators
• American women music educators
• American pianists
• American women pianists