Bessie Marshall Whitely
Bessie Marshall Whitely or Whiteley[1] (December 25, 1871 - November 7, 1944[2]) was an American composer, pianist, and teacher.[3] She attended the Oakland Conservatory of Music in Oakland, California, and studied with H. G. Pasmore, J. P. Morgan, and Louis Lesser.[4] Whitely was a piano teacher and music supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri, for 32 years.[5]
Whitely published an article on Form and Spirit in Music in the journal Music in 1892.[6] Her opera Hiawatha's Childhood[7] won the National Federation of Music Clubs award in 1912. Her music was published by G. Schirmer, Inc. and C. C. Birchard & Co. (later Summy-Birchard, then Birchtree Ltd.).[8] Her compositions include:
Opera
- Hiawatha's Childhood (for unchanged voices; composer)
- Pandora[9] (text based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Masque of Pandora)[10]
- Sarita[11]
Orchestra
- Five Symphonic Sketches
Vocal
- Four Winds (men's quartet)
- Garden of Buddha (woman's voice + men's quartet)
- Goblin (words by Florence C. Fox; music by Bessie Marshall Whitely)[12]
- Hymn[13]
- Landing of the Pilgrims
- Missouri[14]
- Muramadzu (tenor and orchestra)
- Shadows (voice and piano; unspecified award winner)[15]
- Three Madrigals (a capella chorus)
References
- ^ Stern, Susan, 1953- (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
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- ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ Krohn, Ernst C. (Ernst Christopher), 1888-1975. (1971). Missouri music. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-70932-5. OCLC 195626.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ The Literary Digest. Funk & Wagnalls. 1892.
- ^ McVicker, Mary Frech (9 August 2016). Women opera composers : biographies from the 1500s to the 21st century. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-0-7864-9513-9. OCLC 945767521.
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- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1941). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series.
- ^ Kirk, Elise K. (Elise Kuhl), 1932- (2001). American opera. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02623-3. OCLC 44414175.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Borroff, Edith (1992). American Operas: A Checklist. Harmonie Park Press. ISBN 978-0-89990-063-6.
- ^ Parker, Horatio William; McConathy, Osbourne; Birge, Edward Bailey; Miessner, William Otto (1918). Teacher's Manual for the Progressive Music Series. Department of State Printing.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1944). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1914). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
- ^ The Etude. T. Presser. 1921.
Categories:
- 1871 births
- 1944 deaths
- American opera composers
- Women opera composers
- 20th-century American composers
- 20th-century women composers
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century American women musicians
- American women classical composers
- American classical composers
- Musicians from Kansas City, Missouri
- Classical musicians from Missouri