Margaret Wigham

Margaret Viola Wigham (February 3, 1904 – April 17, 1972) was a composer, music educator and pianist, born in Minnesota.[1] She was nationally known as a mid-century composer of student piano pieces.[2] Her pieces often had an educational focus such as chromaticism, counterpoint, learning to play in different keys, or using each hand independently.[3] Her works were published by Oliver Ditson Co., Willis Music, Harold Flammer Inc, Belwin Inc, and R. D. Row.[4] They were also published in Braille and made available through the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.[5]

Her compositions include:

Orchestra

  • Concerto for Two Pianos[6]

Piano

  • Bachette
  • By the Little Mill[7]
  • Carefree[8]
  • Fun with a Hoop
  • Gay Caprice[9]
  • Happitat[10]
  • Hop Along My Little Froggie[11]
  • In the Chapel
  • Introduction and Sonatina
  • Just Before Dawn
  • Little Prelude[12]
  • Merrily Over the Waves We Go
  • Musical Moods in All Keys[13]
  • Musical Playmates
  • Now It's Time to Run and Play
  • O So Happy
  • Old Cowboy Trail[14]
  • On Swan Lake
  • Puppet Mischief[15]
  • Rhapsody[16]
  • Scampering Whole Steps
  • Scherzino

Vocal

  • “I Wonder Where the Robins Go?” (words by Margaret Wigham and Wilma Wigham)

References

  1. ^ "Register". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Laudon, Robert T. (2000). Minnesota Music Teachers Association: The Profession & the Community, 1901-2000. The Association. ISBN 978-0-9679777-0-6.
  3. ^ Presser, Theodore (1956). Etude: The Music Magazine. T. Presser Company.
  4. ^ Hinson, Maurice (July 9, 2001). Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-11306-1.
  5. ^ "Piano Scores, Braille: Composers Rachmaninoff through Zuschneid". National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  6. ^ 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 (1952). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  8. ^ Clavier: A Magazine for Pianists & Organists. Instrumentalist Company. 1966.
  9. ^ Musart. The Association. 1967.
  10. ^ The Piano Quarterly. Piano Quarterly, Incorporated. 1965.
  11. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1953). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  12. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1951). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  13. ^ The American Music Teacher. Music Teachers' National Association. 1969.
  14. ^ "Front Matter". Bulletin of the Music Teachers National Association. 15 (1). 1950. ISSN 2380-9051. JSTOR 43528428.
  15. ^ Piano Quarterly Newsletter. Piano Teachers Information Service. 1953.
  16. ^ "Wigham, Margaret (composer) (page 1 of 1)". Presto Sheet Music. Retrieved August 18, 2020.