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Olga Rudge, c. 1915. Olga Rudge (April 13, 1895 – March 15, 1996) was an American-born concert violinist, now mainly remembered as the long-time mistress of the poet Ezra Pound, by whom she had a daughter, Mary.
Meet Olga Rudge, the Violinist Who Helped Rediscover Vivaldi. by Emily E. Hogstad April 13th, 2023. Olga Rudge is most often remembered today for being poet Ezra Pound’s mistress. But she also was important in the classical music world: she helped to spark the twentieth-century revival of Vivaldi!
From 1945 onwards, up to the late 1950s, Olga Rudge. devoted all her energies to persuading influential people round the world to defend Pound against the charge of treason laid against him. by the United States government (because of his broadcasts. supporting Fascist Italy in the Second World War), and carried on a.
Olga Rudge, the Ohio-born violinist who became companion, caretaker and champion of the brilliant but embattled poet Ezra Pound, died on Friday at the castle of their daughter near Merano...
The Olga Rudge Papers document the life and activities of musician Olga Rudge and her fifty-year relationship with the poet Ezra Pound. The papers span the dates 1887-1989, but the bulk of the material covers the years 1923-80. The papers are arranged in eleven series.
Mar 25, 1996 · Olga Rudge was a distinguished violinist and later an important musicologist in the domain of baroque instrumental music, but she is remembered now more vividly for her devotion to the great...
Sep 10, 2001 · A loving and admiring companion to literary titan Ezra Pound for half a century, concert violinist Olga Rudge (1895–1996) was the muse who inspired the poet to complete his epic poem, The Cantos, and the mother of his only daughter, Mary.
