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Elizabeth Cowling Cello Music Collection
 | Elizabeth Cowling
was born in Northfield, Minnesota in 1910. She attended Carleton College in Minnesota
where her father was President. She received her B.A. degree in Philosophy and
went on to Columbia University in New York, where she received her M.A. degree
in Economics. Her Master's and Ph.D. in Music were earned from Northwestern University.
Dr. Cowling travelled and studied in Europe, starting in Paris in 1929 where she worked with Paul Bazelaire. She also studied with Mischa Schneider (Budapest String Quartet) and in 1950 she was a student of Pablo Casals for a brief period. Dr. Cowling came to the Woman's College (now UNC Greensboro) in 1945. In 1946 she began what was to be a long association with Luigi Silva at the Eastman School of Music. Their association grew from that of student-teacher to a collaborative working relationship which lasted until Silva's death in 1961. Like Silva, Dr. Cowling dedicated herself to students and teaching. Performance and research were also significant aspects of her career. It was due to Dr. Cowling's efforts that UNCG acquired the Silva Cello Music Library and Silva's papers in 1963. Dr. Cowling's researches into the literature and history of the cello led to the publication of her well-received work, The Cello, in 1975 (London, Batsford and New York, Scribner's). In 1989 it was translated into Japanese and a revised English language edition was also published. Dr. Cowling retired from teaching at UNCG in 1976, after a career dedicated to teaching, research, and performance. After her retirement, Dr. Cowling continued to live in Greensboro. She died on Monday, February 18, 1997. Dr. Cowlings's collection of cello music is now cataloged and available online. |
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