Cecile Stevens Explained

Cecile Stevens
Honorific Suffix:LRAM
Other Names:Cecile Molloy (married name)
Birth Name:Cecile Ann Stevens
Birth Date:1896
Birth Place:Sydney
Death Date:9 October 1970
Occupation:Violinist
Alma Mater:Royal Academy of Music

Cecile Ann Stevens Molloy LRAM (1896 – 9 October 1970) was an Australian violinist.

Early life

Stevens was from Sydney, daughter of composer and organist John Michael Stevens and Kathleen Mary Noonan Stevens.[1] [2] [3] As a child musician,[4] she was conductor of the Parramatta Convention Orchestra in Sydney. She won a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London.[5]

Career

Stevens played a Nicola Amati violin, a gift from her father.[6] [7] She played for Princess Mary and entertained wounded troops while performing in Great Britain during World War I, sometimes sharing the bill with Lena Ashwell.[8] She made a two-year tour of English vaudeville theatres.

She toured in Canada and the United States after the war,[9] and toured in Australia and New Zealand in 1921.[10] [11] "Miss Cecile Stevens is a talented young violinist with a distinguished grace and charm characteristic of her wonderful ability," noted a New Zealand newspaper.[12] She gave radio concerts and made recordings, including a film, in the United States in 1922.[13] [14] She returned to London in the early 1920s,[15] and played in London theatres.[16] After she married in 1929, she moved to East Africa.[17] [18] [19]

Personal life

Stevens married Michael Aloysius Molloy in 1929, in London. She lived with her husband, an Irish veterinary officer,[20] in Tanganyika Territory,[21] [22] at least until he retired in 1950.[23]

Stevens died in Sydney on 9 October 1970 and was survived by her husband.[24]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Old Chum. 1926-05-16. "Old Sydney". 24. Truth. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  2. News: 1912-03-07. Miss Cecile Stevens. 29. Freeman's Journal. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  3. News: 1913-11-30. MR. J. M. STEVENS.. 4. Truth. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  4. News: 1911-11-01. Miss Cecile Stevens. 17. Sydney Morning Herald. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  5. https://mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1922-75-3/index.php?page_no=23 "De Luxe Star Plays for Radio"
  6. News: 1921-10-17. Miss Cecile Stevens. 6. Toowoomba Chronicle. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  7. News: Dougherty. Henry E.. 1922-05-15. Historic Violin is Brought to Los Angeles; Famous Amati, 300 years old, Valued at $40,000. 19. Los Angeles Evening Express. 2021-10-24. Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1921-11-04. Miss Stevens Chats with the 'World'. 2. World. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  9. News: 1 July 1920. Australian Violinist California Soloist. 3. San Francisco Call. October 24, 2021. California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  10. News: 24 November 1921. Amusements: Miss Cecile Stevens. 2. Advocate. October 24, 2021. Trove.
  11. News: 21 April 1921. Princess Theatre (advertisement). Evening Star. October 24, 2021. Papers Past.
  12. News: 19 May 1921. Carrie Lanceley; Bright Entertainment at Opera House. 7. Gisborne Times. October 24, 2021. Papers Past.
  13. News: July 1, 1922. New York Favorites Entertaining from Station WJZ. 9. Radio Broadcasting News. October 24, 2021.
  14. July 22, 1922. Cecile Stevens, Australian Violinist and Art De Luxe Artist, Delights Radio Audience. The Music Trades. 64. 16.
  15. News: 1929-10-10. Weddings: Molloy-Stevens. 34. Freeman's Journal. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  16. News: 1925-09-05. Player's Gossip. 22. Herald. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  17. News: 1950-02-04. Melbourne Music Heard in East Africa. 6. The Age. 2021-10-24. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1946-08-02. 'She Just Adores Lions'. 5. Sydney Morning Herald. 2021-10-25. Trove.
  19. News: 1946-07-25. Even if You Do Meet a Lion or Two on the Road Life in Africa is Not So Wild. 8. Argus. 2021-10-25. Trove.
  20. Book: Great Britain Colonial Office. Tanganyika Under United Kingdom Administration: Report by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the General Assembly of the United Nations. 1937. H.M. Stationery Office. 15. en.
  21. News: 1946-07-27. The Life of Melbourne: An Historic Violin. 11. Argus. 2021-10-24. Trove.
  22. News: 1950-03-08. First Aid for Rhino. 40. Weekly Times. 2021-10-25. Trove.
  23. News: 1950-04-21. Visitors from Tanganyika. 2. Forbes Advocate. 2021-10-25. Trove.
  24. News: 1970-10-12. Deaths. 34. The Sydney Morning Herald.

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