Arabella Sparnon

Born: 14 October 1914, United States
Died: 13 January 2012
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Arabella Simiele

The following is republished from the Library of Congress. This piece falls under under public domain, as copyright does not apply to “any work of the U.S. Government” where “a work prepared by an officer or employee of the U.S. Government as part of that person’s official duties” (See, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 105).

Arabella Sparnon (b. Oct. 14, 1914, in Seneca Falls, N.Y.; d. Jan. 13, 2012, in Sarasota, Fla.) was an American harpist who performed on the Keith theater circuit as well as for network broadcast orchestras in the 1930s and 1940s. She composed and arranged for the harp, and was a harp teacher.

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