Louise Brown Verrill

Louise Shurtleff Brown Verrill^[1] (23 March 1870 – 17 February 1948)^[2] was an American composer^[3] and pianist.

Verrill was born in Portland, Maine^[4] to Lewis F. and Mary Alice Abbott Brown. She studied piano and composition in Berlin and Dresden, then married Harry Mighels Verrill in 1895.^[5] They had five children.^[6]

Verrill's music was published by Louis H. Ross & Co. Her works include:^[7]

Piano

Alone

Birch Tree

Chaconne

Du bist wie eine Blume

Exultation

Four Moods of a Gnome

Ghosts on Parade

It Happened in Spain

It is Spring

Jennie Kissed Me

Lonely Pine

March of the Patriot

Reverie

Rumpelstiltskin

Slumber Song ^[8]

Tenderness

Tone Pictures

Tone Poem

Walhalla

Waltz

When Shadows Fall

Yellow Moon

Vocal

"Pleasant Dreams"

Winter Joy (solo and chorus)

"You Came Like the Dawn" (music by Ivan McScod; text by Louise Brown Verrill)

External links

Download free sheet music by Louise Brown Verrill

References

^ "Deceased Dames Maiden Alpha A to B". www.magnacharta.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ Directory of American Women Composers. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1970.
^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
^ "Deaths (Published 1964)". The New York Times. 1964-08-31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
^ Verrill, Louise. "ancestry.com". Retrieved 16 Mar 2021.
^ 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)
^ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900 (1st ed.). New York: R. Rosen Press. p. 32. ISBN 0823904636. OCLC 3844781.

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[1] "Deceased Dames Maiden Alpha A to B". www.magnacharta.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.

[2] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[3] Directory of American Women Composers. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1970.

[4] Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.

[5] "Deaths (Published 1964)". The New York Times. 1964-08-31. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-18.

[6] Verrill, Louise. "ancestry.com". Retrieved 16 Mar 2021.

[7] 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)

[8] Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900 (1st ed.). New York: R. Rosen Press. p. 32. ISBN 0823904636. OCLC 3844781.

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