Fannie Lovering Skinner

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Fannie Lovering Skinner (1856 - June 8, 1938) [1] was an American composer [2] and singer. [3]

Skinner was born in New Hampshire to Albert and Jennie Lovering. By 1895, she had married George Skinner and was living in New York, where she died in 1938. [1] She studied voice with Hermine Küchenmeister-Rudersdorf. [4]

Skinner taught voice [5] in New York City and gave a series of recitals with her students there which attracted 100 or more attendees. [6] She composed the following songs:

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References

  1. 1 2 Skinner, Fannie Lovering. "ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  2. ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-1138-3. OCLC   3844725.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Anya, Laurence (1978). Women of notes : 1 000 women composers born before 1900. Richards Rosen Press. OCLC   1137758426.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Werner, Edgar S. (1895). Werner's Magazine. E.S. Werner.
  7. ↑ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN   978-0-9617485-2-4.
  8. 1 2 Ebel, Otto (1913). Women composers : a biographical handbook of women's work in music. Harvard University. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Chandler-Ebel.
  9. ↑ Ebel, Otto (1910). Les femmes compositeurs de musique: dictionnaire biographique (in French). P. Rosier.
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