Dorothy Geneva Styles

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

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:

Prose

  • A Prime Number Theorem[7]
  • An Extension of the Idea of Countability as Applied to Real Numbers[6]
  • Projections of the Natural Harmonic Series: Some Implications[6]
  • Young Verses for the Early Old[6]

Vocal

  • “I Sing a Song”[6]
  • “Japanese Raindrops” (music by Bernadette Daria Bohdanowycz; words by Styles)[9]
  • “Lullaby”[6]
  • “Mother, Tell Me”[6]
  • “Mrs. Santa Claus Loves Mr. Santa Claus”[6]
  • “Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag”[6]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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. ^ a b Fresco. University of Detroit. 1958.
  9. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1972). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  10. ^ Jacoby, Grover I. (1951). Variegation.