Frédérique Petrides, , was a Belgian-American conductor and violinist. In 1933, she founded and conducted the Orchestrette Classique in New York.
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Frédérique Petrides, , was a Belgian-American conductor and violinist. In 1933, she founded and conducted the Orchestrette Classique in New York. It consisted of women musicians and premiered works by then relatively untried American composers, such as Paul Creston, Samuel Barber and David Diamond, that are now widely played and celebrated. She also edited and published the ground-breaking newsletter, Women in Music, which highlighted the activities of professional women musicians throughout the ages.
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