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Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (Ernestine Jessie Covington) was born on 19 May, 1904 in Houston, Texas, is a musician. Discover Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 97 years old?
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Ernestine Jessie Covington |
Occupation |
Pianist |
Age |
97 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Taurus |
Born |
19 May, 1904 |
Birthday |
19 May |
Birthplace |
Houston, Texas |
Date of death |
(2001-03-10) New Orleans, Louisiana |
Died Place |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
Nationality |
United States |
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Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent's Husband?
Her husband is Albert W. Dent
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Albert W. Dent |
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3 (Thomas Dent, Benjamin Albert Dent, Walter Jesse Dent) |
Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent worth at the age of 97 years old? Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent’s income source is mostly from being a successful musician. She is from United States. We have estimated
Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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musician |
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Dent retired from performing in 1936, but remained active as a clubwoman, and was a social presence as a university president's wife from 1941 to 1969. As official hostess at Dillard University, she welcomed into her home prominent guests, including Martin Luther King Jr., Duke Ellington, Thurgood Marshall, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Ernestine Covington married college president Albert W. Dent in 1931, in a "brilliant wedding" in Houston. Composer and Howard University music professor Camille Nickerson played the organ at the ceremony, and Manet Harrison Fowler was a soprano soloist; biologist Samuel M. Nabrit stood as Dent's best man. They had three sons. Their eldest son, Thomas Covington Dent (1932) became a poet and civil rights activist. She was widowed when Albert Dent died in 1984, and she died in 2001, aged 96 years. The Albert and Jessie Covington Dent Papers are archived in the Amistad Research Center. There was a Jessie Covington Dent Music Festival in 1998, and there is a Jessie Covington Dent Memorial Scholarship in Music, both at Dillard University, named in her memory.
Covington graduated at the top of her class from Houston Colored High School, and attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a music student from 1920 to 1924, where she was a charter member of Pi Kappa Lambda honor society. After graduating from Oberlin, she pursued further studies on scholarships at the Juilliard Musical Foundation, where she worked with James Friskin and Olga Samaroff. Covington was the first African American and the first woman to attend Juilliard. She earned a master's degree in piano at Oberlin College in 1934, with a thesis on the compositions of Franz Liszt. Dent accomplished this with support from the Rosenwald Fund.
Dent played piano in recitals and on radio in the 1920s and 1930s. During this time, she performed with opera singer Florence Cole Talbert. She taught music in Houston and at Bishop College in Marshall, Texas, where she chaired the piano department. She served on the board of the New Orleans Philharmonic from 1971–1976. Dent played a vital role in the desegregation of orchestra concerts in New Orleans, and she encouraged the increase of classical musicians of color in symphony orchestras and teaching positions. In 1985, she was the first recipient of the Fine Arts Award from the Amistad Research Center.
Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent (May 19, 1904 – March 10, 2001) was an American pianist, music educator, and community leader. She was the wife of Dillard University president Albert W. Dent, and the mother of poet and activist Thomas Dent.