Alice Marion Shaw (born August 22, 1890) was an American composer, pianist, and teacher who was a well-known accompanist during the early 20th century.[1]
Shaw was one of three children born in Rockland, Maine, to Reverend Erastus Melville Shaw and the composer Carrie Burpee Shaw.[2] She studied piano with Zygmunt Stojowski and composition with Percy Goetschius at the Institute of Musical Art (today the Juilliard School). She taught at the Rockland Music School,[3] which was started by her mother, before moving to New York.
Shaw was the accompanist for the New York Rubinstein Club in 1915 and for the Maine Festival in 1916.[3] She taught piano in New York and accompanied many noted artists, including flutist George Barrere, violinists Eddy Brown and Scipione Guidi,[1] and singers Louis Graveure, Vernon Stiles, and Eleanor Painter Strong.[4] She often performed the accompaniments from memory.[5]
Shaw composed nearly 100 songs[6] as well as music for organ, piano, cello, flute, and violin.[7] Her music was published by J. Fischer & Brother[8] and Luckhardt & Belder.[9] Songs she composed included:
Songs
edit- First Day of the Week (mixed chorus)[1]
- “Little Man in Gray”[5]
- “May Noon” (text by Aldrich)[9]
- “Night”[10]
- “Once on a Radiant Morning”[1]
- “One April Day” (text by W. P. Gilmour)[9]
- “Pussy-Willows” (text by Winnifred Fales)[11]
- “Road to China” (text by Mazie V. Caruthers)[9]
- “There is a Little Lady” (text by W. P. Gilmour)[9]
- “To Go and Forget” (text by Edwin Markham)[9][12]
- “To the Unknown”[13]
- “Waiting” (text by Charles Hanson Towne)[14][15]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
- ^ Fraternity, Zeta Psi (1900). Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America: Founded June 1 ... 1847. Semi-centennial Biographical Catalogue, with Data to December 31, 1899. The Fraternity.
- ^ a b Saerchinger, César (1918). International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: A Contemporary Biographical Dictionary and a Record of the World's Musical Activity. Current Literature Publishing Company.
- ^ The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1916.
- ^ a b The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1913.
- ^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
- ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
- ^ Woman's Number. Theodore Presser. 1918.
- ^ a b c d e f "Alice Marion Shaw". digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
- ^ The Homestead. 1924.
- ^ "Winnifred Fales". digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
- ^ Music News. Music News Corporation. 1917.
- ^ The Musical Monitor. Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Publisher. 1916.
- ^ Musical Observer. 1916.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1917.