Cave-Browne-Cave fonds - Record Detail

Cave-Browne-Cave fonds. - [ca.1880] - 1979.

Part Of:Cave-Browne-Cave family fonds  [Description]
Description Level Fonds
Creator Cave-Brown-Cave, Beatrice
Cave-Brown-Cave, Mabel
Date Range [ca.1880] - 1979
Title Source Title based on content of fonds.
Physical Description 30 cm of textual records
13 photographs
History/Biographical The history of the Cave-Brown-Cave family in New Westminster begins with the sisters Mabel and Beatrice Cave-Brown-Cave. The family lived in Liverpool, England with Mabel was born in 1881 and Beatrice in 1883. Beatrice and Mabel were both highly accomplished musicians. Mabel played piano, violin, cello, and others, while Beatrice played piano since she was five. In 1910, Beatrice had become interested in folk dancing in England after attending a display of dances put on by the students of Cecil Sharp. She became one of his earliest students. In 1911, Mabel and her father were the first members of the family to arrive in New Westminster in order to run a music school the family had purchased. Beatrice and her mother arrived in 1913 and Beatrice worked as a teacher in the public school system, the profession she had practiced in England . In 1915 she was asked by the City of New Westminster to teach May Day dances for the annual May Day celebrations to the school children after refusing her earlier offers made since 1913. Her instruction thus became a fixture in New Westminster. Eventually Beatrice joined Mabel in teaching music at the Stretton Academy of Music which operated out of their house at 114 First Street. The house contained three teaching rooms with several pianos. Mabel passed away on April 21, 1958 at the age of 76. Beatrice continued to teach music well into her nineties. Beatrice passed away on February 15, 1987 at the age of 103.




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Scope & Content Fonds consists of the records of Cave-Browne-Cave sisters includ newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence, notebooks, loose notes, essays, music and dance instructions, music notation, and other records. These records are divided into two series: Stretton Academy of Music records and personal records.
Name Access Cave-Brown-Cave, Beatrice | Cave-Brown-Cave, Mabel | Stretton Academy of Music | Fellowship of the Arts
Subject Access Occupations - Teachers | Performing Arts - Music | Organizations
Record ID 823
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