Bessie Marshall Whitely

Bessie Marshall Whitely or Whiteley^[1] (December 25, 1871 - November 7, 1944^[2]) was an American composer, pianist, and teacher.^[3] She attended the Oakland Conservatory of Music in Oakland, California, and studied with H. G. Pasmore, J. P. Morgan, and Louis Lesser.^[4] Whitely was a piano teacher and music supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri, for 32 years.^[5]

Whitely published an article on Form and Spirit in Music in the journal Music in 1892.^[6] Her opera Hiawatha's Childhood^[7] won the National Federation of Music Clubs award in 1912. Her music was published by G. Schirmer, Inc. and C. C. Birchard & Co. (later Summy-Birchard, then Birchtree Ltd.).^[8] Her compositions include:

Opera

Hiawatha's Childhood (for unchanged voices; composer)
Pandora^[9] (text based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Masque of Pandora)^[10]
Sarita^[11]

Orchestra

Five Symphonic Sketches

Vocal

Four Winds (men's quartet)
Garden of Buddha (woman's voice + men's quartet)
Goblin (words by Florence C. Fox; music by Bessie Marshall Whitely)^[12]
Hymn^[13]
Landing of the Pilgrims
Missouri^[14]
Muramadzu (tenor and orchestra)
Shadows (voice and piano; unspecified award winner)^[15]
Three Madrigals (a capella chorus)

References

^ Stern, Susan, 1953- (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ Krohn, Ernst C. (Ernst Christopher), 1888-1975. (1971). Missouri music. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-70932-5. OCLC 195626.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ 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)
^ The Literary Digest. Funk & Wagnalls. 1892.
^ McVicker, Mary Frech (9 August 2016). Women opera composers : biographies from the 1500s to the 21st century. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-0-7864-9513-9. OCLC 945767521.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "A CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF". indianmusiclist.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1941). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series.
^ Kirk, Elise K. (Elise Kuhl), 1932- (2001). American opera. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02623-3. OCLC 44414175.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Borroff, Edith (1992). American Operas: A Checklist. Harmonie Park Press. ISBN 978-0-89990-063-6.
^ Parker, Horatio William; McConathy, Osbourne; Birge, Edward Bailey; Miessner, William Otto (1918). Teacher's Manual for the Progressive Music Series. Department of State Printing.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1944). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1914). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
^ The Etude. T. Presser. 1921.

[1] Stern, Susan, 1953- (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.

[3] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[4] Krohn, Ernst C. (Ernst Christopher), 1888-1975. (1971). Missouri music. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-70932-5. OCLC 195626.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] 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)

[6] The Literary Digest. Funk & Wagnalls. 1892.

[7] McVicker, Mary Frech (9 August 2016). Women opera composers : biographies from the 1500s to the 21st century. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-0-7864-9513-9. OCLC 945767521.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[8] "A CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF". indianmusiclist.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-04.

[9] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1941). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series.

[10] Kirk, Elise K. (Elise Kuhl), 1932- (2001). American opera. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02623-3. OCLC 44414175.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[11] Borroff, Edith (1992). American Operas: A Checklist. Harmonie Park Press. ISBN 978-0-89990-063-6.

[12] Parker, Horatio William; McConathy, Osbourne; Birge, Edward Bailey; Miessner, William Otto (1918). Teacher's Manual for the Progressive Music Series. Department of State Printing.

[13] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1944). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.

[14] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1914). Catalog of Copyright Entries.

[15] The Etude. T. Presser. 1921.

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