American composer and pianist
American composer and pianist[ 1] Frances Tarbox (February 4, 1874 – October 23, 1959)[ 2] wrote one opera[ 3] and several songs.[ 4] Her name is sometimes seen as Frances Tarbos .[ 5]
Tarbox was born in St. Paul, Minnesota [ 6] to Emma and Jasper Billings Tarbox. She studied music in Paris and with Edward MacDowell .[ 7] She lived in New York City from at least 1910 until her death.[ 2] Baritone Louis Graveure [ 8] performed her best-known song "The Joy of a Rose" frequently in his recitals.[ 9]
Tarbox's music was published by Carl Fischer .[ 10] In addition to an opera (title unknown), her compositions included:
Piano
Vocal
"America Stand Forth" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)[ 12]
"Joy of a Rose"(text by A. L. Gruber)[ 13]
"Relief from the New Deal" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)[ 12]
"What Them Fellows Does is Art"[ 11]
"We've Found At Last a Candidate of Presidential Timber" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)[ 14]
References
^ Herman, Kali; Tal, Kalí (1984). Women in Particular: An Index to American Women . Oryx Press. ISBN 978-0-89774-088-3 .
^ a b Tarbox, Frances. "ancestry.com" . Retrieved 20 Aug 2021 .
^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook . Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3 . OCLC 3844725 .
^ 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 }}
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^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Tarbox, Frances (Oct 1940). "The Etude" . Oct 1940: 714.
^ Tarbox, Frances (1916). "The Musical Observer" . 14–15: 47, 58.
^ The Music Magazine-musical Courier . 1917.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1946). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical Compositions. Part 3 . Library of Congress.
^ a b Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1914). Catalog of Copyright Entries .
^ a b Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions . Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1939.
^ "Library of the Institute for the Study of Women in Music Collection" . oac.cdlib.org . Retrieved 2021-08-21 .
^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions . Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1941.