Frances_Tarbox

Frances Tarbox

Frances Tarbox

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

  1. [1]
    Herman, Kali; Tal, Kalí (1984). Women in Particular: An Index to American Women. Oryx Press. ISBN 978-0-89774-088-3.
  2. [2]
    Tarbox, Frances. "ancestry.com". Retrieved 20 Aug 2021.
  3. [3]
    Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  4. [4]
    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)
  5. [5]
    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.
  6. [6]
    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.
  7. [7]
    Tarbox, Frances (Oct 1940). "The Etude". Oct 1940: 714. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. [8]
    Tarbox, Frances (1916). "The Musical Observer". 14–15: 47, 58. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. [9]
    The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1917.
  10. [10]
    Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1946). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical Compositions. Part 3. Library of Congress.
  11. [11]
    Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1914). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
  12. [12]
    Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1939.
  13. [13]
    "Library of the Institute for the Study of Women in Music Collection". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  14. [14]
    Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1941.
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