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Martha Baird Rockefeller (March 15, 1895 – January 24, 1971) was an American pianist, philanthropist and longtime advocate for the arts.
Martha Baird Rockefeller, 1895-1971. Martha Baird Rockefeller, the second wife and widow of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (JDR Jr.), was a world-class classical pianist in the 1920s who gave concerts throughout the United States and Europe.
views 1,381,132 updated. Rockefeller, Martha Baird (1895–1971) American philanthropist and pianist. Born Martha Baird Allen in 1895; died in 1971; became second wife of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960). John D. Rockefeller, Jr., was first married to Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948).
Poetry of Martha Baird. Man and Nature in New York and Kansas. Have you ever seen the fields of wheat, nothing but wheat, from here to the horizon? Ah, then, you have missed something. I remember the wheat in Lane County, Kansas,—
The earth is even, west of Dighton, And the road is straight. On both sides, there is the wheat, As far as you can see; And it waves. In the wind. The heads of the wheat are heavy. And the stems are slim. The heads have a deeper color than the stems, Deeper green in spring, Deeper amber later.
Martha Baird (1921—1981), poet, editor, author and musicologist, was born in Dodge City, Kansas. A graduate of the State University of Iowa, she worked as a script writer at WGN radio in Chicago and later, after moving to New York in 1943, worked for the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA).
Her poetry, prose, and critical writings on music have been anthologized and published in various journals, books, and textbooks on aesthetic realism. Martha Baird was a poet, editor, author, and musicologist. Born in Dodge City, Kansas, Baird earned a BA from the State University of Iowa.
