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ix illustrations 1. Inez Chandler in Boccaccio as a peasant boy, ca. 1920. 2 2. Inez and Paul Richter (Marga’s parents), ca. 1945. 3 3. Marga Richter conducting, ca. 1927. 4 4. Inez Richter with Marga, brother Paul, and sister Rena, ca. 1934. 5 5. Alan Skelly, 1950s. 27 6. Marga Richter and others in recording studio, 1954. 29 7. Marga Richter, pianist Menahem Pressler, and Edward Cole, ca. 1955. 33 8. Conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski with Marga Richter after performance of Lament, 1976. 38 9. Marga Richter with daughter Maureen and son Michael, 1968. 47 10. Daughter Maureen with sitar, 1972. 60 11. Marga Richter for Museum of Modern Art concert, ca. 1975. 67 12. Marga Richter at rehearsal with conductor Peter Schubert and the New Calliope Singers, with son Michael Skelly at the piano, 1981. 89 13. Marga Richter with son Michael Skelly playing her Variations on a Theme by Latimer, 1983. 96 14. Marga Richter with Honeybear, ca. 1997. 101 15. Marga Richter rehearsing Fandango Fantasy with Antares Piano-Clarinet Quartet, 2007. 122 ...

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