Ruth Stuber Jeanne, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ruth Stuber Jeanne

Classical Percussionist

Date of Birth: 13-May-1910

Date of Death: 06-Apr-2004

Profession: percussionist, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ruth Stuber Jeanne (née Stuber; b.
13 May 1910, Chicago; d.
6 Apr.
2004, Newark, Ohio) was an American marimbist, percussionist, violinist, and arranger.
On April 29, 1940, she and Orchestrette Classique, an all female orchestra, premiered the Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra by American composer Paul Creston.
The performance was at Carnegie Hall.
Creston wrote Concertino for Stuber and dedicated it to the orchestra's director, Frédérique Petrides (pronounced pe TREE dis), who asked Creston to compose it.
Creston was in the Audience.
The 1940 program notes stated that Concertino was "the only work ever written for this instrument in serious form." Jeanne was a tympanist with Orchestrette Classique.