Mary Ellis Peltz
Mary Ellis Peltz (4 May 1896 – 24 October 1981) was an American drama and music critic, magazine editor, poet, and writer on the subject of music. Born Mary Ellis Opdycke, in New York,[1] she was educated at the Spence School and Barnard College (Phi Beta Kappa). At the age of 24, she joined the staff of The New York Sun as assistant music critic. She left the paper in 1924 when she married John DeWitt Peltz. She later worked for The Junior League Magazine as a drama critic and published poetry and articles in a variety of publications, including Harper's Magazine, Poetry, and Vogue. In 1936 she became the first chief editor of Opera News, a position she held until 1957 when she founded the Metropolitan Opera's archives. She served as director of the Met's archives from 1957 to 1981.[2]
Mary Ellis Peltz is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
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- ↑ "Mary Ellis Peltz in the 1940 Census | Ancestry®". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ↑ Driscoll, F. Paul (October 2010). "Viewpoint: Pioneer Spirit". Opera News. Vol. 75, no. 4. Archived from the original on December 23, 2010.
- 1896 births
- 1981 deaths
- American magazine editors
- American music critics
- 20th-century American poets
- Barnard College alumni
- American women editors
- American women music critics
- American women writers about music
- Spence School alumni
- 20th-century American non-fiction writers
- American women magazine editors
- Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
- 20th-century American women poets
- 20th-century American women journalists
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