Bertha Remick (15 December 1872 - 14 July 1965) was an American artist, composer, music educator, and pianist. [1] She sometimes published under the pseudonym Sybil Paget. [2]
Remick was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Anna L. and Henry T. Remick. [3] Her father was a singer; her mother was a pianist and teacher. Her uncle Edward T. Remick was a composer and choirmaster. [4]
Remick studied music in Boston with John Wheeler Tufts and in Dresden with Pittrich (not further identified; possibly Georg Pittrich or Carl Pittrich). She also studied music in New York for five years. [4]
Remick was interested in American Indian music and gave lecture recitals on world folk music. [4] She taught at the Florence Fleming Noyes School of Rhythmic Expression in Boston, Massachusetts. [5] In the summer of 1915, she taught a course on the psychological value and recognition of music through rhythm at the school’s summer session in South Woodstock, Connecticut. [6]
In addition to composing original music, Remick arranged the works of other composers, frequently collaborating with other musicians. With B. R. Sharon, she arranged songs from Wagner’s Tannhäuser [7] and Die Meistersinger, [8] and with David Stevens, she arranged songs from Bizet’s Carmen, all for use by school choruses. [9]
Although she never formally studied art, Remick’s paintings were shown in Boston in 1919 [1] and in 1939 at Morton Galleries in New York. [10]
Some of Remick’s music is in the collection of the Boston Public Library. [11] Several of her songs were included in The Progressive Music Series by Horatio William Parker [12] and in Primary Melodies by Elbridge Ward Newton. [13] Her compositions were published by C. C. Birchard and Co., [14] G. Schirmer Inc., [15] J. G. Seeling, [16] and Oliver Ditson. [17] Her works included:
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