Amy Upham Thomson McKean

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Amy Upham Thomson-McKean
Born
Amy Thomson

22 February 1893
Died1972
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Pianist, songwriter, composer
Parents
  • Ralph E. Thomson (father)
  • Anna J. Thomson (mother)

Amy Upham Thomson-McKean (b. 22 February 1893 d. 1972) was an American pianist, songwriter and composer. Amy Thomson's father, Ralph E. emigrated from Glasgow in Scotland as a young man. Her mother was Anna J. Thomson and she had one brother Robert Stanley Thomson. [1] She married Alexander Mathew McKean Sept. 17, 1917 at Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, and had a daughter, Elaine (May 4, 1924) and son, Robert Alexander (September 25, 1918).

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Amy Thomson attended high school in Boston where she studied with Felix Fox at the Fox-Buonamici School of Pianoforte at 403 Marlborough Street. She began to write compositions, [2] and studied with Bainbridge Christ and went on to publish songs and short works for violin and piano under both the names Amy Upham Thomson and Amy Thomson-McKean. [3] [4] Thomson-McKean appeared on concert and recital programs in Brooklyn in the 1910s - 1930s. [5] She broadcast on Margaret Speaks on WOR NY in the 1920s.

Her papers are archived by her great-niece, artist Jamieson Thomas of Wilmington, DE.

Selected works

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References

  1. "Thomson Obit", Fitchburg Sentinel, p. 5, 14 September 1934, retrieved 4 June 2016
  2. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York, 14 December 1919, p. 84, retrieved 4 June 2016
  3. The Song World, The Writer's Magazine, February 1914, p. 183, retrieved 4 June 2016
  4. The Music News, 2 January 1913, p. 32, retrieved 4 June 2016
  5. Brooklyn Life, 11 December 1920, p. 16, retrieved 4 June 2016
  6. "Brooklyn Musicians Give Works of Amy Thomson McKean", Musical America, vol. 31, p. 9, 27 December 1919, retrieved 4 June 2016

Brooklyn Standard Union, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 1928, Page 8]

Brooklyn Times Union, April 30, 1932, p. 27