Anice Potter Terhune

Anice Terhune in 1890

Anice Morris Stockton Terhune[1] (October 27, 1873 – November 9, 1964)[2] was an American author, composer,[3] music educator, and church organist, who composed over 100 children's songs.[4] She was known as "Annie,"[5] and sometimes published under the pseudonym Morris Stockton.[6]

Terhune was born in Hampden, Massachusetts.[7] She married Albert Payson Terhune in 1901.[8]

Terhune studied piano, organ, and music theory at the Cleveland Conservatory[9] and in New York and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She was fluent in French and Italian.[5] Her teachers included Franklin Bassett, Edward Morris Bowman, and Louis Coenen.[10]

Terhune wrote articles for women's magazines as well as books. Her book Home Musical Education for Children was syndicated throughout the United States.[4] She belonged to the MacDowell Club and the Pen Women's League. She hosted lectures in her home, including one by Kate Sanborn.[11]

Terhune's works were published by Arthur P. Schmidt, Clayton F. Summy, G. Schirmer Inc.,[12] John Church Co., and Oliver Ditson.[4] Her publications included:

Books

  • Across the Line (autobiography)[13][14]
  • Ballade of Dead Ladies (memoir)[15]
  • Chinese Child's Day[16]
  • Eye of a Village[5]
  • Home Musical Education for Children[4]
  • Music Study for Children[17]
  • Schirmer's Music Spelling Book[17]

Opera

Piano

  • Child's Kaleidoscope (16 pieces)[15]
  • Country Sketches (12 pieces)[15]
  • (The) Hill[10]
  • Little Dream Horse[15]
  • Romance in G Major[17]
  • Songs of Summer (six pieces)[15]
  • Suite for Piano (six pieces)[15]

Vocal

  • "Arrivederci: Italian Serenade"[20]
  • Barnyard Ballads[11]
  • "Bridal Song"[15]
  • Children's Songs from Many Countries[5]
  • Colonial Carols[16]
  • Dutch Ditties[16]
  • "Easter Morn"[15]
  • "Exaltation"[15]
  • "Faith: A Sacred Song"[15]
  • "Gaelic Lullaby"[17]
  • "In an Old Garden"[15]
  • Our Very Own: a Songbook for Children[15]
  • "Snow White Gull"[15]
  • Song at Dusk (men's chorus)[12]
  • Songs of Our Streets[15]
  • "Syrian Woman's Lament" [21]
  • "When Summer Keeps the Vow of Spring"[15]

References

  1. ^ Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Macmillan.
  2. ^ Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  3. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  4. ^ a b c d International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer. Current Literature Publishing Company. 1918.
  5. ^ a b c d Terhune, Anice Potter. "ancestry.com". Retrieved 2 Aug 2021.
  6. ^ Drone, Jeanette Marie (2007). Musical AKAs : assumed names and sobriquets of composers, songwriters, librettists, lyricists, hymnists, and writers on music. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-0-8108-5739-1. OCLC 62858081.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Thompson, Oscar (1985). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Dodd, Mead. ISBN 978-0-396-08412-9.
  9. ^ McVicker, Mary F. (2016-08-04). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2361-0.
  10. ^ a b 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)
  11. ^ a b Who's who Among North American Authors. Golden Syndicate Publishing Company. 1925.
  12. ^ a b Terhune, Anice (1910). "Song at dusk : chorus for men's voices with piano accompaniment / [words and music by] Anice Terhune". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  13. ^ "Anice Morris Stockton Terhune". www.librarything.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  14. ^ Anderson, Ruth (1976). Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-1117-0. OCLC 2035024.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. New York: Richards Rosen Press Inc. p. 31. ISBN 9780823904631.
  16. ^ a b c Baker, Theodore; Remy, Alfred (1919). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. G. Schirmer.
  17. ^ a b c d Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. American Commonwealth Company.
  18. ^ "Opera Composers: T". opera.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  19. ^ Borroff, Edith (1992). American operas : a checklist. J. Bunker Clark. Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press. ISBN 0-89990-063-1. OCLC 26809841.
  20. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1956). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  21. ^ 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.