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Williametta Spencer (born August 15, 1927)[1] is an American composer,[2] musicologist, and teacher[3] who plays harpsichord, organ, and piano. She is best known for her award-winning choral work At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners .[4]
Life and career [ edit ]
Spencer was born in Marion, Illinois , to Viva Jewell and Samuel Joseph Spencer. The family moved to Paducah, Kentucky, where her father was a minister of music at several different Baptist churches during her childhood.[5] Spencer earned a B.A. at Whittier College and a M.Mus. and Ph.D. at the University of Southern California . Her dissertation was entitled The Influence and Stylistic Heritage of André Caple t.[6] In 1953, she received a Fulbright scholarship to study in Paris. Her teachers included Pauline Alderman , Tony Aubin , Alfred Cortot , Ingolf Dahl , Ernst Kanitz, and Halsey Stevens .[4] [7]
Spencer has won several awards, including the Southern California Vocal Association National Composition Award for At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners ; Alumni Achievement Awards from Whittier College in 1995 and 2008;[8] and the Amy Beach Award for her orchestral overture.[4] I Cantori commissioned and premiered her choral work, And the White Rose is a Dove . She is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon and the International Alliance for Women in Music .[9]
Spencer’s works have been published by Associated Music Publishers Inc.,[10] Mark Foster Music Co.,[11] Orpheus Publications,[12] Shawnee Press ,[13] and Western International Music Co.[4] Her publications include:
Article [ edit ]
The Relationship Between André Caplet and Claude Debussy (The Musical Quarterly , Volume LXVI, Issue 1, January 1980, Pages 112–131)[14]
Chamber [ edit ]
Adagio and Rondo (oboe and piano)[15]
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano [16]
Sonata for Trombone and Piano [15]
String Quartet [17]
Suite (flute and piano)[18]
Trio for Brass Instruments [4]
Orchestra [ edit ]
Overture[4]
Passacaglia and Double Fugue (string orchestra)[4]
Improvisation and Meditation on “Gott sei gelobet” [19]
And the White Rose is a Dove (choir)[9]
As I Rode Out This Enders NIght (a cappella choir)[17]
As I Sat Under a Sycamore Tree (a cappella choir)[17]
At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners (choir; text by John Donne )[15]
Bright Cap and Streamers (choir)[11]
Cantate Domino[15]
Four Madrigals (text by James Joyce )[20]
“Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun” (text by Walt Whitman )[15]
Make We Joy: A Cantata for Christmastide in a Medieval Atmosphere[15]
Missa Brevis[21]
Nova, Nova, Ave Fit Ex Eva (a cappella choir)[22]
Three Songs (text by William Shakespeare ; flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, and voice)[18]
Two Christmas Madrigals (a cappella choir)[23]
Winter Has Lasted Too Long (voice, clarinet, and piano)
References [ edit ]
^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook . Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3 . OCLC 3844725 .
^ a b c d e f g Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers . Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7 .
^ Spencer, Williametta (14 Apr 1964). "The Paducah Sun" . Newspapers.com . p. 5 . Retrieved 2022-01-11 .
^ Resick, Georgine (2017-12-22). French Vocal Literature: Repertoire in Context . Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5845-7 .
^ Pfitzinger, Scott (2017-03-01). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students . Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7225-5 .
^ "Alumni Achievement Award Recipients | Whittier College" . www.whittier.edu . Retrieved 2022-01-11 .
^ a b Music, International Alliance for Women in (2001). IAWM Journal . The Alliance.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1970). Catalog of Copyright Entries . U.S. Government Printing Office.
^ a b "Bright Cap and Streamers - Williametta Spencer - Score - Musica International" . www.musicanet.org . Retrieved 2022-01-11 .
^ brittain (2011-10-19). "Orpheus Publications • Music Publishers Association of the United States" . www.mpa.org . Retrieved 2022-01-11 .
^ Music . American Guild of Organists. 1972.
^ SPENCER, WILLIAMETTA (1980). "The Relationship Between André Caplet and Claude Debussy" . The Musical Quarterly . LXVI (1 ): 112–131. doi :10.1093/mq/lxvi.1.112 . ISSN 0027-4631 .
^ a b c d e f Spencer, Williametta. "WorldCat" . www.worldcat.org . Retrieved 2022-01-11 .
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1952). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series .
^ a b c Buhrman, Thomas Scott (1960). American Organist . American Guild of Organists.
^ a b Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog . ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3 .
^ Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog . ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1 .
^ "Williametta Spencer | Compositions" . AllMusic . Retrieved 2022-01-11 .
^ The School Musician Director and Teacher . Ammark Publishing Company. 1981.
^ "Williametta Spencer" . Peninsula Women's Chorus . Retrieved 2022-01-11 .
^ Music Journal Annual Anthology . Music Journal, Incorporated. 1971.
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