Kate Vanderpoel
Cornelia Townsend (born 11 August 1851)[1] was an American composer who published most of her music under the name Kate Vanderpoel.[2][3] She wrote songs,[4][5] an opera, and music for piano rolls.
Townsend was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Horace Gilbert and Eliza Ann Thornton Townsend. She had a twin brother named George, as well as six other brothers and one sister. Little is known about her education or her date of death. At some point she moved to Chicago, Illinois. The last census in which she was documented was the 1910 census.[1] Her Book of Songs was copyrighted in 1911 and published in 1912.[6]
In 1896, the Republican National Committee sponsored the publication of Townsend's "Flag Song," with words by John Swinton.[7] She wrote another song, "The Man from Ohio," about President William McKinley.[8]
Townsend composed music for the player piano rolls and player organs produced by the Aeolian Company,[9] Melvin Clark Piano Company,[10] and Wilcox & White Company.[11] Her music was published by S. Brainard Sons[12] and Orpheus Publishing Company.[13] Her compositions include:
Band
- Entrée de Cortége Morceau (by Vanderpoel; arranged for band by George D. Barnard)[14]
Opera
- Peronella[15]
Piano Roll
Vocal
- "Asleep, Adream, Awake" (words by Edmund Vance Cooke; piano transcription by Nellie Bangs Skelton)[19]
- Book of Songs[6]
- "Chimmie Fadden of de Bow'ry"[20]
- "Cradle Song"[21][22]
- "Darling, Darling"[6]
- "Either"[2]
- "Elinore"[23]
- "Flag Song" (words by John Swinton)[7]
- "Go to Sleep, My Honey" (words by Edward D. Barker)[12]
- "Major Max"[2]
- "Man from Ohio"[8]
- "Memory"[24]
- "My Dan"[24]
- "Please Smile"[25]
- "When Apple Blossoms Give Their Fragrance Rare"[6]
- "Where Love Is"[26]
Download free sheet music by Kate Vanderpoel
References
- ^ a b Townsend, Cornelia. "ancestry.com". Retrieved 6 April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c Book Notes: A Monthly Literary Magazine and Review of New Books. Siegel-Cooper. 1899.
- ^ Hills, William Henry; Luce, Robert (1897). The Writer: A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers. Writer Publishing Company.
- ^ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Woman's Work in Music, by Arthur Elson". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
- ^ a b c d Pacific Coast Musical Review. A. Metzger. 1912.
- ^ a b Crew, Danny O. (2001). Presidential Sheet Music: An Illustrated Catalogue of Published Music Associated with the American Presidency and Those who Sought the Office. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0928-0.
- ^ a b Lowy, Jonathan (2005). The Temple of Music. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-307-20984-9.
- ^ a b c d Company, Aeolian (1901). Music for the Orchestrelle & Aeolian Grand. Aeolian Company.
- ^ Chicago, Melville Clark Piano Co (1905). Catalog of Music Rolls for the Apollo Piano: Apollo Concert Grand, Apollo and Apolloette Piano Players and the Orpheus, Self-playing Orchestrion.
- ^ Company, Wilcox & White (1905). Fifty-eight Note Music for All Styles of the Angelus: (either Interior Or Cabinet Form) and the Symphony, Styles 1000, 950, 558, 258 and 208.
- ^ a b "Old Time Song Lyrics for 49 Go Sleep My Honey". www.traditionalmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ "Donald and Suellyn Garner Sheet Music Collection | University Archives". www.eiu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1902). Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C. Treasury Department.
- ^ Journal of Historical Research in Music Education. School of Music, Arizona State University. 2004.
- ^ The Inland Printer. Maclean-Hunter Publishing Corporation. 1898.
- ^ Company, Aeolian (1905). Catalog of Music for the Pianola, Pianola Piano and Aeriola. Aeolian Company.
- ^ The New Music Review and Church Music Review. Novello, Ewer & Company. 1904.
- ^ Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1899.
- ^ "Inventory of the Christopher A. Reynolds Collection of Women's Song". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. New York: Books & Music (USA) Inc. p. 718. ISBN 0961748516.
- ^ Music: Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music. 1895.
- ^ "Donald and Suellyn Garner Sheet Music Collection | University Archives". www.eiu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ a b "- NYPL Digital Collections". digitalcollections.nypl.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
- ^ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. 9780823904631: Richards Rosen Press Inc. p. 32.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Women Composers: A Biographical Handbook of Women's Work in Music. Chandler-Ebel. 1913.