Amy Aldrich Worth

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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[edit]

Worth 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]

  1. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ a b c Music and Musicians: Devoted Principally to the Interests of the Northwest. David Scheetz Craig. 1920.
  5. ^ Pan Pipes of Sigma Alpha Iota. G. Banta Publishing Company. 1955.