Marion Cumbo

Marion Cumbo (March 1, 1899 – September 17, 1990)[1] was a cellist who was a member of the Negro String Quartet[2][3] and the American String Quartet.[4]

Marion Cumbo
Marion Cumbo (2nd from left) c.1920

He was married to Clarissa Cumbo.[5]

Plaque on his apartment building listing Cumbo as one of the "people of note" who have lived there

References
  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/114040/Cumbo_Marion
  2. http://www.americanviolasociety.org/resources/Journal/Vol36N2/inc/html/25.html?page=25
  3. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/negro-string-quartet-1920-1933/
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/15/arts/black-classical-works-featured-in-a-tribute.html
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/1982/10/15/arts/black-classical-works-featured-in-a-tribute.html
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