American composer, pianist and musicologist (1905–1989)
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^Several publications, including a reference to her age in her obituary in The New York Times, May 3, 1989, wrongly[citation needed] assume her year of birth as 1911; some references cite January 25, 1911 as her date of birth
^Note that the date of death shown on Julia Smith Vielehr's grave marker (April 18, 1989) differs from that of the Social Security Death Index (April 1, 1989)