Louise Elian was born June 3, 1906, in Buchanan, Missouri to Edward Klos and Mary Francis Seick. Louise married famous film music composer Max Steiner in 1936, and they had one son, Ronald, who died at age 22. Max and Louise divorced after ten years of marriage, and Louise eventually remarried to floral designer Frederick Elian.

Louise was a well-known harpist, featured in original film music scores of "Gone With the Wind" and "Casablanca." She played harp in symphonies into her 80s. Louise died in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 7, 2002.

Janet B. Bradford was born May 19, 1956, in Montpelier, Idaho. She studied at Ricks College in Idaho and then at Brigham Young University in Utah. She also attended the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She is a retired senior librarian and catalog librarian for music and dance at the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University. She was a member of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square from 2009 to 2007, a member of the Utah Baroque Ensemble, and a member of a local community Utah Valley county choir.