Helen Roessing

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Helen Elizabeth Roessing Aiton (22 August 1891 - 27 May 1957) was an American composer of piano music [1] [2] whose composition won first prize at the Conservatoire Americain de Fountainebleau in France. She published her music under the name Helen Roessing. [3] [4]

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Roessing was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Laura Orr and George Roessing. She married Oliver Aiton in 1945. [4]

Roessing studied composition with Leo Sowerby at the Conservatoire Americain, where she won the Prix Tremaine First Prize in 1927 for her piano composition Au Fil de l’Eau Drifting. [3] [5] She also studied with Louise Robyn at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. [6] In 1933 while presenting a recital in Pittsburgh, Marcel Dupre improvised on themes submitted by local composers, including one composed by Roessing. [7] In addition to composing, Roessing was the music director at the Ellis School for Girls and worked as an accompanist and organist at several Presbyterian churches. [8]

Roessing’s works were published by Durand et Cie [9] and J. Fischer & Bro. [5] She composed unspecified music for organ, as well as:

Piano

Vocal

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  2. ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers: a handbook. Metuchen London: the Scarecrow press. p. 143. ISBN   978-0-8108-1138-6.
  3. 1 2 Leonard, Kendra Preston (2007). The Conservatoire américain: a history. Lanham (Md.): The Scarecrow Press. p. 216. ISBN   978-0-8108-5732-2.
  4. 1 2 Aiton, Helen Elizabeth Roessing. "Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
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  6. ↑ Musical Forecast. Musicians' Club of Pittsburgh. 1927.
  7. ↑ The New Music Review and Church Music Review. sole agents for Novello & Company. 1933.
  8. ↑ Aiton, Helen Roessing (28 May 1957). "Obituaries". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. p. 17.
  9. ↑ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice. A reference publication in women's studies. Boston, Mass: Hall. p. 137. ISBN   978-0-8161-8498-9.
  10. ↑ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1974). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
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