Elinor Remick Warren
1900 - 1991 (91 years)-
Name Elinor Remick Warren Born Feb 23, 1900 Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, USA 
Gender Female Died Apr 27, 1991 Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, USA Notes - Famed American composer, Elinor began music lessons on her fifth birthday and learned the piano as well as harmony and theory. She frequently attended recitals and began composing music and in her mid-teens she shared a musical program with composer Charles Cadman. She moved to New York and later began touring as an accompanist for Metropolitan Opera stars Florence Easton, Richard Crooks, Lawrence Tibbett among others. At 18 years of age she her first composition, 'A Song of June' was published. Moving back to Los Angeles, she met and married Z. Wayne Griffin, a television and film producer - they were wed in 1936. Elinor went on to host a weekly radio program while continuing to work on her choral symphony, The Passing of King Arthur. During the 1940s and 1950s, Elinor produced The Sleeping Beauty, The Crystal Lake, Along the Western Shore, Singing Earth, Transcontinental, among others. In 1953, she was named 'Woman of the Year' by the Los Angeles Times and received an honorary doctorate from Occidental College of Los Angeles in 1954.
Person ID I198100 mykindred Last Modified Mar 31, 2019
Father James Garfield Warren, b. Jul 1861, Ohio, USA , d. Feb 12, 1949, Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, USA (Age ~ 87 years) Mother Maude Remick, b. Mar 01, 1873, Red Oak, Montgomery county, Iowa, USA , d. Jan 20, 1958, Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, USA (Age 84 years) Married Jun 05, 1895 Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, USA Family ID F18679 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Z. Wayne Griffin, b. Jun 13, 1907, d. Sep 10, 1981, Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, USA (Age 74 years) Married 1936 Family ID F66557 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Famed American composer, Elinor began music lessons on her fifth birthday and learned the piano as well as harmony and theory. She frequently attended recitals and began composing music and in her mid-teens she shared a musical program with composer Charles Cadman. She moved to New York and later began touring as an accompanist for Metropolitan Opera stars Florence Easton, Richard Crooks, Lawrence Tibbett among others. At 18 years of age she her first composition, 'A Song of June' was published. Moving back to Los Angeles, she met and married Z. Wayne Griffin, a television and film producer - they were wed in 1936. Elinor went on to host a weekly radio program while continuing to work on her choral symphony, The Passing of King Arthur. During the 1940s and 1950s, Elinor produced The Sleeping Beauty, The Crystal Lake, Along the Western Shore, Singing Earth, Transcontinental, among others. In 1953, she was named 'Woman of the Year' by the Los Angeles Times and received an honorary doctorate from Occidental College of Los Angeles in 1954.
