Elna Sherman

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Daisy Elna Sherman (12 October 1888 - September 1964) [1] was a composer, [2] musicologist, and teacher with a special interest in Thomas Hardy. [3]

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Sherman was born in Massachusetts [4] to Alice M. “Daisy” Fairchild and Sidney Algernon Sherman. Her mother Alice was a music teacher [5] who also composed at least one song. [6] Sherman earned two degrees at the Institute of Musical Art [7] [8] and also studied with Helen Hopekirk [9] and in London. [7]

Sherman taught at the Institute of Musical Art [7] and Boston University College of Music. [10] In 1936, Sherman was able to interview Hardy’s second wife, Florence Dugdale, who told her that Hardy had always wanted to be a musician. [11]

Sherman belonged to The American Composers Alliance of New York, the Musical Association in London, and the Society of Women Musicians. [7] Her works were published by Associated Music Publishers, [8] Oxford University Press, [3] and E. C. Schirmer. [12] Her publications include:

Articles

Chamber music

Piano

Voice

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References

  1. ↑ Sherman, Elna. "www.ancestry.com". Ancestry.com . Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  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. 1 2 3 Sherman, E. (1940-04-01). "Thomas Hardy: lyricist, symphonist". Music and Letters. 21 (2): 143–171. doi:10.1093/ml/XXI.2.143. ISSN   0027-4224.
  4. ↑ Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers : an annotated catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN   978-0-313-38790-6. OCLC   650307517.
  5. ↑ Sherman, Alice (9 Feb 1945). "The Boston Globe". Newspapers.com. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  6. ↑ Thrasher, Herbert Chandler (1942). 250 Years of Music in Providence, Rhode Island, 1636-1886. Rhode Island Federation of music clubs.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Music Clubs Magazine. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1939.
  8. 1 2 The Juilliard Review. Juilliard School of Music. 1956.
  9. ↑ Roberts, Hannah. A stylistic and performance analysis of selected solo piano compositions by Helen Hopekirk. OCLC   1315756736.
  10. ↑ Statistical Report. The Trustees. 1950.
  11. ↑ Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore (1979). The Musical quarterly.
  12. 1 2 "Sherman, Elna - Ten Anglo-American Folk-Songs and Ballads for 2 recorders". www.boosey.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  13. ↑ Yeo, Douglas (May 2011). "A Good Old Note: The Serpent in Thomas Hardy's World and Works". The Hardy Review. 13 (1): 32–48. doi:10.1179/193489011x12995782188211. ISSN   1934-8908.
  14. ↑ Germer, Mark (1990). American Musicological Society: Index to the Papers, Bulletin, and Journal 1936-1987. The AMS.
  15. ↑ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN   978-0-9617485-2-4.
  16. ↑ Heim, Norman M. (1995). The Clarinet Sonata in Outline. Norcat Music Press. ISBN   978-0-9630793-2-9.
  17. ↑ Clavier: A Magazine for Pianists & Organists. Instrumentalist Company. 1980.
  18. ↑ The American Recorder. American Recorder Society. 1962.
  19. ↑ Making Music. 1964.
  20. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1925.
  21. 1 2 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.
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