Amy E. Aldrich Worth (January 18, 1888 – April 29, 1967) was an American composer, choir director, and organist who was born in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Career
editWorth studied music with Jessie Gaynor, Frederick Beale, Mary Lyon and Arthur Garbett,[1] and married Harry Worth on July 1, 1915.[2] She taught piano and worked as an organist and choir director in St. Joseph. Later, she directed the Women's Chorus of the Women's University Club in Seattle, Washington,[3] and was a member of the Seattle Society of Composers.[4] In 1955, she served as the Sigma Alpha Iota National Chair of American Music.[5] Her compositions include:
Piano
edit- Gavotte Marianne
- Purple Heather (two pianos)[1]
Vocal
edit- Christ Rises (choir)
- Evening is Hushed
- He Came All so Still (choir)
- Israel
- Little Lamb
- Madrigal
- Mary, the Mother (Christmas cantata; choir)
- Midsummer
- Pierrot (words by Sara Teasdale)[4]
- Sing of Christmas (women's choir)
- Song of Spring[4]
- Song of the Angels
- Time of Violets[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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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- ^ Claghorn, Charles Eugene, 1911-2005. (1996). Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-585-03162-2. OCLC 42329817.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Music and Musicians: Devoted Principally to the Interests of the Northwest. David Scheetz Craig. 1920.
- ^ Pan Pipes of Sigma Alpha Iota. G. Banta Publishing Company. 1955.