Question: Facts: - death place: mount kisco , new york , usa - other names: rosemary glyde shumsky - death date: january 18 , 1994 - birth date: september 15 , 1948 - name: rosemary glyde - image: rosemary glyde.jpg - birth place: auburn , alabama , usa - occupation: violist , composer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of rosemary glyde .
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rosemary glyde -lrb- september 15 , 1948 -- january 18 , 1994 -rrb- was an american violist and composer .focusing on expanding the limited repertory for solo viola , she wrote and transcribed many works for that instrument , including sergei rachmaninoff 's cello sonata and johann sebastian bach 's cello suites for viola .she founded the new york viola society in 1992 .glyde was born in auburn , alabama in 1948 to edgar glyde , a violist on faculty at the alabama polytechnic institute , and dorothy glyde , a cellist .glyde was trained as soprano and violinist , studying under her father , a graduate of the royal academy of music , from the age of four .while a student at auburn high school , she was concert mistress of the sewanee summer music center orchestra , studying with julius hegyi .before her graduation from auburn high in 1966 , she was offered a scholarship to the hartt school to train under raphael bronstein , with whom she continued training at the manhattan school of music .she began her master 's work at the juilliard school under dorothy delay , but switched to viola and moved into the doctoral program studying with lillian fuchs .glyde won the juilliard viola competition in 1973 and , for her thesis , discovered , edited , and performed johann andreas amon 's 1803 '' quartet for solo viola and string trio '' .after graduation , glyde joined the manhattan string quartet with her sister , judith , and eric and roy lewis .glyde arranged sergei rachmaninoff 's '' cello sonata in g minor '' and johann sebastian bach 's '' six suites for unaccompanied cello '' and sonatas for viola da gamba for viola , the latter two of which she performed and recorded .she composed several works for viola , notably a fantasia for solo viola , '' whydah '' , and a suite for four violas , '' wei-ji '' .she performed several works composed specifically for her , including works by composers richard lane , bernard hoffer , and judith shatin .glyde founded the new york viola society in 1992 and served as...