Mary Alice Fonda (Mary Alice Ives Seymour; Lady Alice Seymour; pen name, Octavia Hensel; October 21, 1837 – May 12, 1897) was an American musician, author, elocutionist, and critic. She was referred to as "Octavia Hensel" in the music world, where she was an internationally-known music critic. As a critic, Fonda was renowned. Her musical nature, her superior education, her thorough knowledge of the laws of theory and familiarity with the works of the great composers of the classic, romantic and Wagnerian schools, and the later schools of harmony, gave her a point of vantage above the ordinary. She was one of the original staff of writers on the Musical Courier, having been their correspondent from Vienna and other European centers.
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21 October 1837 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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12 May 1897 (aged 59) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
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Zodiac | Libra |
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