Genevieve Pitot
BornMay 20, 1901
New Orleans
DiedOctober 4, 1980
New Orleans
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Composer
Musician
Dancer

Genevieve Pitot (May 20, 1901 – October 4, 1980) was an American musician, composer, pianist and dancer.

Biography

Pitot was born in New Orleans in 1901. One of her ancestors was James Pitot, the mayor of New Orleans. Pitot went to Paris to train as a classical pianist and began working in musical theatre when she worked for Martha Graham. Pitot was best known for both arranging and composing the music for Hanya Holm, Jerome Robbins and Michael Kidd, and Broadway musical pieces including "Kiss Me, Kate", "Shangri La" and "Li'l Abner." She composed for Helen Tamiris, Agnes de Mille, Donald Saddler.[1][2][3][4][5]

Theatre poster of a composition by Pitot

Pitot married New Yorker Joseph P. Sullivan. She died in New Orleans in 1980. Her papers are kept in Tulane University.[1][2][6]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "Pitot, Genevieve (c. 1920–)". www.encyclopedia.com. Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
  2. 1 2 "Genevieve Pitot collection, 1922-1980". researchworks.oclc.org. Tulane University.
  3. ↑ Reed, John Shelton (2013). "Bohemians and Shenanigans in the 1920s French Quarter". Southern Cultures. 19 (2): 32–51. ISSN 1068-8218. JSTOR 26217425.
  4. ↑ Denuzière, Maurice (29 March 2006). Louisiane, tome 4: Les Trois-Chênes (in French). Fayard. ISBN 978-2-213-64100-3.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Jack (19 June 1995). "DANCE REVIEW; Denver Ensemble Reaches Back For a Look at Black Themes". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Cianci, Giovanni; Patey, Caroline; Sullam, Sara (2010). Transits: The Nomadic Geographies of Anglo-American Modernism. Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-03911-949-3.


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