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Victoria Glaser Obituary

Of Cambridge, 89, music teacher and composer, died on April 13, 2008 at the Sancta Maria Nursing Facility in Cambridge. She was born in Amherst, September 11, 1918, daughter of Amherst Professor Otto Charles and Dorothy Gibbs Merrylees Glaser. She lived at 37 Hawthorne St. in Cambridge most of her life. She took her BA from Radcliff in 1940, and an MA from Harvard in 1943, both in music. She also did Harvard Ph.D. studies with Walter Piston. Victoria directed choir and taught music theory at Dana Hall School, 1945-1958. She taught at the New England Conservatory of Music in various positions from 1957 to 1982, helping launch the preparatory school. From 1972 to 1993, she taught music theory, composition, and counterpoint at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. She published numerous choral arrangements and a substantial text, "Training for Musicianship." Victoria leaves two nieces, Kristin Glaser of Montpelier, VT and Angela Glaser Bowers of Scottsdale, AZ and a nephew, Robin Glaser of Colorado Springs, CO. She was predeceased by her life partner, Gordon Lawson of Winchester, MA and brother, Kurt Glaser, Ph.D. While no Memorial Service is planned at this time, hopefully a musical tribute will be arranged for later this Spring. To help with this event, contact Kristin Glaser, 21 Cliff St., Montpelier, VT 05602. A.J. Spears Funeral Home Cambridge, MA(617) 876-4047

Published by Boston Globe on Apr. 16, 2008.
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Vicki was the organist at Follen Church in Lexington, when I was a child of roughly 9 - 11 yo. One Easter, my mother sent me to sing in the church's Junior Choir, assuming that my sleeveless Easter dress would be warm enough under my rob. It snowed during the service. My teeth were chattering when Vicki heard the kids muttering. She leaned around the organ, and gave me a hand sign. A few minutes later, she produced a white polyester sweater, which reached my ankles. I cuddled into the white cocoon and never forgot her. I ran around the coffee hour after church, with Vicki's sweater sweeping the floor. Mother bought Vicki a new nicer sweater. Vicki is fondly remembered even now.

Rev. Marilyn Richards

August 9, 2022

Aunt Vicky's quick wit and unique ways of thinking were always a treat whenever I would visit her. She was very supportive to me when I was a young college student in NH, when I'd come to see her.

Angela Glaser Bowers

April 17, 2008

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