Alberta Neiswanger Hall
Alberta Neiswanger Hall (born 1870), also known as Alberta N. Burton, was an American composer of children's songs and books.[1] She wrote musical settings for 26 poems in "The Songs of Father Goose" by L. Frank Baum in 1900.[2][3] She was married to Edmund F. Burton, a physician who left medicine for the study of Christian Science.[4] She also converted to the religion.
Published works (partial list)
- The Song of Father Goose (1900) – with L. Frank Baum and W. W. Denslow
- "The Fruits of the Garden" (May 1909) – article in The Christian Science Journal[5]
- The Burro (1916) – arranged by Clarence C. Robinson
- New stories : (Community life), a second reader (1926) – with Marjorie Hardy and Matilda Breuer[1]
- Happy days out west for Littlebits (1927) – with Edith Janice Craine and Dorothy Lake Gregory
References
- ^ a b Alberta N. Burton WorldCat Identities. Retrieved May 7, 2013
- ^ "The Songs of Father Goose" Open Library. Retrieved May 6, 2013
- ^ #6 Alberta N. Hall Libraries and Archives of the Autry. Retrieved May 7, 2013
- ^ Flower, B. O. Christian Science As a Religious Belief and a Therapeutic Agent (1909) pp.78-91, see p. 89f for Aberta N. Burton. Twentieth Century Company, Boston. Retrieved May 6, 2013
- ^ Burton, Alberta N. "The Fruits of the Garden" The Christian Science Journal (May 1909). Retrieved May 7, 2013
External links
- Burton, Alberta N. Testimony Christian Science Sentinel Vol. 36, Issue 46. (July 14, 1934). Retrieved May 6, 2013
- "Seven Songs from Out-of-Doors", copyright Alberta N. Burton, Dec. 15, 1942 Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3. (1943). Retrieved May 7, 2013