Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (born 1903)

Marcia Davenport

American novelist (1903–1996)

Marcia Davenport was an American writer and music critic. She is best known for her 1932 biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the first American published biography of Mozart. Davenport also is known for her novels The Valley of Decision and East Side, West Side, both…