Mildred Weston
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Mildred Weston Rogers (May 1892 - February 6, 1975) was an American composer[1] best known for a number of children's pedagogical piano suites.
Not to be confused with American poet Mildred Weston (1905-1998)
Biography
Weston was born in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, to William and Anna Weston. She graduated from the Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University) in Pittsburgh in 1913,[2] studying under T. Carl Whitmer.[3] She pursued further studies at the New England Conservatory of Music.[4]
After college, Weston taught music to kindergardeners at Miss Simonson's School in Pittsburgh. This experience informed the composition of a number of programmatic and pedagogical suites for piano, many of which were published by the Arthur P. Schmidt company (now Summy Birchard).[5][3]
Weston married William G. Rogers, an author and newspaper editor, on Oct 5, 1934 in Springfield.[6]
Selected works
Her works include:
Piano
- Ten Fingers At the Zoo (1919)[7]
- Under the Christmas Tree (1920, Theodore Presser Co)[8]
- About Fairies (1922, Arthur P. Schmidt)[3]
- In an Apple Orchard (seven piece suite)[9]
- Slumber Song: Pyrenees Folk Tune (1923, published by Carl Fischer)[10]
- Sandman (1925)[11]
- Toys: A Suite for the Piano (1923, published by John Church)[12] This suite was in the first grade of the New England Conservatory's piano teaching curriculum in 1929.[13]
- Red Riding Hood (published by John Church)
- Under an April Sky (seven piece suite)[14]
- Under the Christmas Tree (1922)[8] The eleven pieces are: Hobby Horse, A Doll That Goes to Sleep,The Tinkle-Tinkle Box, In a Little White Cradle, The Big Red Drum, Wooden Soldiers, Taps, The Little Pop-Gun, Jumping Jack, Candle Lighting Time, and Twinkle, Twinkle, Christmas Tree.
- Goldilocks (1927, published by Arthur P. Schmidt)[15]
- The Village Green (1930, Arthur P. Schmidt)[16]
- Cinderella: A Fairy Tale (1931, Carl Fischer)
- Swaying Willows: Novelty Dance on Black Keys (1934, Carl Fischer)
Prose
- Carnival Crossroads: The Story of Times Square (with her husband William G. Rogers)[17]
- music criticism for New Yorker magazine (1945)[18]
Vocal
- Carol to the Child (1971)[19]
- Holy Family Carol (SATB; 1941)[20]
References
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Jeffery, Ruth; Kim, Carrie E.; Coburn, Elvira Estep; Paul, Josephine B., eds. (June 1920). Pennsylvania College for Women Alumnae Recorder. Pennsylvania College for Women. p. 50.
- ^ a b c Kempf, Paul, ed. (February 1925). "Worth-While American Composers (No. 15 in a Series of Biographical Sketches) - Mildred Weston". The Musician. Vol. XXX, no. 2. 34.
- ^ "Obituary: Mildred Weston". Altoona Mirror Newspaper. February 8, 1975. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- ^ "Special Collections in Music:Music Division". memory.loc.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ "Mildred Weston a Bride". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ The Musician. Hatch Music Company. 1921.
- ^ a b The Etude Music Magazine. T. Presser Company. 1922.
- ^ "27 Apr 1929, Page 15 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ "Slumber song : Pyrenees folk tune : for piano | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1952). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
- ^ Music Trades. Music Trades Corporation. 1923.
- ^ New England Conservatory of Music (1929). New England Conservatory of Music concert programs. New England Conservatory Library. New England Conservatory of Music. p. 280.
- ^ "7 Mar 1926, Page 65 - Pittsburgh Daily Post at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-09-22.
- ^ Earhart, Will (1928). "Review of The Witmark Classic Chorales". Music Supervisors' Journal. 15 (2): 93–94. doi:10.2307/3382545. ISSN 1559-2472. JSTOR 3382545. S2CID 145794177.
- ^ Lockhart, Lee M. (1931). "Review of The Moore Band Course". Music Supervisors' Journal. 17 (3): 72. doi:10.2307/3383521. ISSN 1559-2472. JSTOR 3383521. S2CID 221046398.
- ^ Rogers, William Garland; Weston, Mildred (1960). Carnival Crossroads: The Story of Times Square. Doubleday.
- ^ The New Yorker. F-R Publishing Corporation. 1945.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1971). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
- ^ Orchestra, Boston Symphony (1941). Programme. The Orchestra.
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