ADALINE SHEPERD - USA
BORN 19 AUGUST
Adaline Shepherd (August 19, 1883 to March 12, 1950) was an American composer of piano pieces. Though she did not compose many pieces, the pieces she composed were popular. In her twenties, she composed three ragtime pieces: Pickles and Peppers (1906), Wireless Rag (1909), and Live Wires Rag (1910). Commemorating World War I, she also published a Victory March (1918). She married Frederick Sherman Olson in 1910, and thereafter used his last name as her own.
After her marriage, she retired from composition, and her compositions were unknown to her remaining family by the 1970s until they were contacted by reporters.
BORN 19 AUGUST
Adaline Shepherd (August 19, 1883 to March 12, 1950) was an American composer of piano pieces. Though she did not compose many pieces, the pieces she composed were popular. In her twenties, she composed three ragtime pieces: Pickles and Peppers (1906), Wireless Rag (1909), and Live Wires Rag (1910). Commemorating World War I, she also published a Victory March (1918). She married Frederick Sherman Olson in 1910, and thereafter used his last name as her own.
After her marriage, she retired from composition, and her compositions were unknown to her remaining family by the 1970s until they were contacted by reporters.
In later years it was reported that Addie felt her works were either unimportant or not very good, in spite of their popularity speaking to the contrary. Her family did not particularly support her musical passion either, sadly showing little interest in it. Mrs. Olson lived the remainder of her evidently musically uneventful life in Milwaukee, passing on at age 76 in 1950.
Source: Rag Piano and Wikipedia
Source: Rag Piano and Wikipedia
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Pickles and Pepper by Adaline Sheperd
JANETTA GOULD - UK
BORN 19 AUGUST
Janetta Gould spent her early life in North Aryshire, where she was well known for piano playing, singing and accompanying. Moving to Liverpool, she soon became active in musical circles, particularly as a Composer and Teacher. Moving again to Suffolk, she studied composition with Bernard Stevens.
On returning to Scotland, she settled in Glasgow. Here she has been Composer. Teacher, Lecturer and Pianist, enjoying many live performances of her works. She has been a member of the Composer’s Guild of Great Britain, and is a founder member of the Scottish Society of Composers. For a number of years she was a lecturer in Glasgow University's Department of Extra-Mural and Continuing Education.
Mrs Gould holds the M.A. Degree of Glasgow University and the L.R.A.M. Diploma in Piano. She has made a special study of the songs of Robert Burns over a long period. In 1981, she and her husband founded the Glasgow Harpsichord Society. As its secretary, she was the motivating force for 'The Complete Harpsichord', a spectacular event embracing a large exhibition in Kelvingrove Art Gallery with daily and celebrity recitals, mounted during 1990, when Glasgow was European City of Culture.
BORN 19 AUGUST
Janetta Gould spent her early life in North Aryshire, where she was well known for piano playing, singing and accompanying. Moving to Liverpool, she soon became active in musical circles, particularly as a Composer and Teacher. Moving again to Suffolk, she studied composition with Bernard Stevens.
On returning to Scotland, she settled in Glasgow. Here she has been Composer. Teacher, Lecturer and Pianist, enjoying many live performances of her works. She has been a member of the Composer’s Guild of Great Britain, and is a founder member of the Scottish Society of Composers. For a number of years she was a lecturer in Glasgow University's Department of Extra-Mural and Continuing Education.
Mrs Gould holds the M.A. Degree of Glasgow University and the L.R.A.M. Diploma in Piano. She has made a special study of the songs of Robert Burns over a long period. In 1981, she and her husband founded the Glasgow Harpsichord Society. As its secretary, she was the motivating force for 'The Complete Harpsichord', a spectacular event embracing a large exhibition in Kelvingrove Art Gallery with daily and celebrity recitals, mounted during 1990, when Glasgow was European City of Culture.
Source: British Music Collection
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Fun Fairs by Janetta Gould
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