Composer. She began music lessons on her fifth birthday and learned the piano as well as harmony and theory. She frequently attended recitals and began composing music and in her mid-teens she shared a musical program with composer Charles Cadman. She moved to New York and later began touring as an accompanist for Metropolitan Opera stars Florence Easton, Richard Crooks, Lawrence Tibbett among others. At 18 years of age her first composition, A Song of June, was published. Moving back to Los Angeles, she met and married Z. Wayne Griffin, a television and film producer - they were wed in 1936. Elinor went on to host a weekly radio program while continuing to work on her choral symphony, The Passing of King Arthur. During the 1940s and 1950s, Elinor produced The Sleeping Beauty, The Crystal Lake, Along the Western Shore, Singing Earth, Transcontinental, among others. In 1953, she was named Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles Times and received an honorary doctorate from Occidental College of Los Angeles in 1954.
Composer. She began music lessons on her fifth birthday and learned the piano as well as harmony and theory. She frequently attended recitals and began composing music and in her mid-teens she shared a musical program with composer Charles Cadman. She moved to New York and later began touring as an accompanist for Metropolitan Opera stars Florence Easton, Richard Crooks, Lawrence Tibbett among others. At 18 years of age her first composition, A Song of June, was published. Moving back to Los Angeles, she met and married Z. Wayne Griffin, a television and film producer - they were wed in 1936. Elinor went on to host a weekly radio program while continuing to work on her choral symphony, The Passing of King Arthur. During the 1940s and 1950s, Elinor produced The Sleeping Beauty, The Crystal Lake, Along the Western Shore, Singing Earth, Transcontinental, among others. In 1953, she was named Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles Times and received an honorary doctorate from Occidental College of Los Angeles in 1954.
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