 In 1927, she moved to 277 West End Avenue in Manhattan, where she lived until her death in 1979.From 1928 through 1935, she was a student at the David Mannes Music School (now the Mannes College The New School for Music), where she studied composition with David Mannes and theory with Hans Weisse.For a single season (1928–29), she was also a student at the Curtis Institute where she studied composition with Rosario Scalero.