Charlotte Moorman

Madeline Charlotte Moorman

November 18, 1933

November 8, 1991(1991-11-08) (aged 57)

American

Frank Pileggi

Early life[edit]

Madeline Charlotte Moorman was born on November 18, 1933, in Little Rock, Arkansas.[4] At the age of ten she began to study cello. After her graduation from Little Rock High School in 1951 she had a music scholarship to attend Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana.[5] She attained her B.A. in music in 1955.[5] She later attained a M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and continued on to postgraduate studies at The Juilliard School in 1957 where she received her master's degree in cello.[4]

Death[edit]

In the late 1970s she was diagnosed with breast cancer.[20] She underwent a mastectomy and further treatment, to continue performing through the 1980s in spite of pain and deteriorating health. She died of cancer in New York City on November 8, 1991, aged 57.[4] Following Moorman's death, her friend and fellow artist Carolee Schneemann created an online memorial for her.[21]

24 Stunden. Beuys, Brock, Jährling, Klophaus, Moorman, Paik, Rahn, Schmit, Vostell. Hansen & Hansen, Itzehoe-Voßkate, 1965.

Vostell. Die Weinende, Homage to Charlotte Moorman. Galerie Inge Baecker, Köln 1992.

The World of Charlotte Moorman. Barbara Moore, Bound & Unbound, New York, 2000.

24 Stunden - in Fotografien von Bodo Niederprüm. Das Wunderhorn, 2016,  978-3-8842-3538-6.

ISBN

Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman by Joan Rothfuss, MIT Press, 2017,  978-0-2625-3358-4.

ISBN

Archivio Conz

Artnet

October 1969 BBC radio interview by Harvey Matusow with Charlotte: Avant Garde Arts in New York (44 mins mp3)

A Trove of Archival Performances by Charlotte Moorman from UBUWEB

New York Times obituary