Alice Marion Shaw

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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]

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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:

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  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1916.
  5. 1 2 The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1913.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-1138-3. OCLC   3844725.
  8. ↑ Woman's Number. Theodore Presser. 1918.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Alice Marion Shaw". digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  10. ↑ The Homestead. 1924.
  11. ↑ "Winnifred Fales". digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  12. ↑ Music News. Music News Corporation. 1917.
  13. ↑ The Musical Monitor. Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Publisher. 1916.
  14. ↑ Musical Observer. 1916.
  15. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1917.
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