Dorothy Geneva Styles

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Dorothy Geneva Styles (December 13, 1922 - February 12, 1984) [1] was an American composer, [2] mathematician, [3] organist, and poet.

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Styles was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, [4] to Minnie A. Shelnut and Alfred Alexander Styles. She demonstrated musical talent as a child, performing on WEXL radio at age 10, and giving music lessons as a teenager. Styles married Dennis Glenn Van Eck in 1941 and divorced him in 1945. [1] She graduated from the Detroit Institute of Musical Arts and received a B.Mus. from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1945, a B.S. from Columbia University in 1954, [5] and an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1970. [6]

Styles taught and also worked as an organist at Hazel Park Baptist Tabernacle in Hazel Park, Michigan, and as a choir director at St. Timothy’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wayne, Michigan. [6] Her publications included:

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  1. 1 2 Styles, Dorothy Geneva. "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 1999-11-27. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  2. ↑ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-2769-7. OCLC   28889156.
  3. ↑ Directory of Women in Marquis Who's Who Publications, 1984. Marquis Who's Who. 1983. ISBN   978-0-8379-6401-0.
  4. ↑ Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN   978-0-313-26802-1.
  5. ↑ Regents, University of Michigan Board of (1969). Proceedings of the Board of Regents. The University.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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)
  7. ↑ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1973). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1971: January-June. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
  8. 1 2 Fresco. University of Detroit. 1958.
  9. ↑ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1972). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  10. ↑ Jacoby, Grover I. (1951). Variegation.
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