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Adele Girard

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American jazz harpist

United StatesLived 1913 to 1993 · aged 80
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Adele Beatrice Girard Marsala was a jazz harpist associated with dixieland and swing music. She is the first woman to bring the concert harp to prominence in jazz, with only Casper Reardon preceding her.

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Girard in the 1930s at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C.Girard in the 1930s at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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Adele Beatrice Girard Marsala was a jazz harpist associated with dixieland and swing music. She is the first woman to bring the concert harp to prominence in jazz, with only Casper Reardon preceding her. As a musician she is known by her birth name Adele Girard, but she became Adele Girard Marsala after marrying clarinetist Joe Marsala.

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United States
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Lived 1913 to 1993 · aged 80
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