Elna Sherman
Daisy Elna Sherman (12 October 1888 - September 1964)[1] was a composer,[2] musicologist, and teacher with a special interest in Thomas Hardy.[3]
Sherman was born in Massachusetts[4] to Alice M. “Daisy” Fairchild and Sidney Algernon Sherman. Her mother Alice was a music teacher[5] who also composed at least one song.[6] Sherman earned two degrees at the Institute of Musical Art[7][8] and also studied with Helen Hopekirk[9] and in London.[7]
Sherman taught at the Institute of Musical Art[7] and Boston University College of Music.[10] In 1936, Sherman was able to interview Hardy’s second wife, Florence Dugdale, who told her that Hardy had always wanted to be a musician.[11]
Sherman belonged to The American Composers Alliance of New York, the Musical Association in London, and the Society of Women Musicians.[7] Her works were published by Associated Music Publishers,[8] Oxford University Press,[3] and E. C. Schirmer.[12] Her publications include:
Articles
[edit]- Music in Thomas Hardy’s Life and Work (Musical Quarterly, vol 26 no 4 Oct 1940)[13]
- Ravenscroft’s Psalter, 1621; and Its Place in the Early New England Scene (Bulletin of the American Musicological Society no 11/12/13 Sep 1948)[14]
- Thomas Hardy: Lyricist, Symphonist (Music & Letters, vol 21 no 2 Apr 1940)[3]
Chamber music
[edit]- For an Oriental Bazaar (three recorders)[15]
- Sonata Lyrica (clarinet and piano; originally for viola and piano)[16]
- St. Francis and the Birds (three recorders, cello and harpsichord)[17]
- Ten Anglo-American Folksongs and Ballads (two recorders)[12]
- Three Dance Movements (five recorders; by Antony Holborne and Robert Parsons; edited by Elna Sherman)[18]
- Wessex Tune Book vol 1 & 2 (descant and piano; compiled by James Hook; arranged by Elna Sherman)[19]
Piano
[edit]- Country Wedding[20]
Voice
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sherman, Elna. "www.ancestry.com". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Sherman, E. (1940-04-01). "Thomas Hardy: lyricist, symphonist". Music and Letters. 21 (2): 143–171. doi:10.1093/ml/XXI.2.143. ISSN 0027-4224.
- ^ Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers : an annotated catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-38790-6. OCLC 650307517.
- ^ Sherman, Alice (9 Feb 1945). "The Boston Globe". Newspapers.com. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ Thrasher, Herbert Chandler (1942). 250 Years of Music in Providence, Rhode Island, 1636-1886. Rhode Island Federation of music clubs.
- ^ a b c d Music Clubs Magazine. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1939.
- ^ a b The Juilliard Review. Juilliard School of Music. 1956.
- ^ Roberts, Hannah. A stylistic and performance analysis of selected solo piano compositions by Helen Hopekirk. OCLC 1315756736.
- ^ Statistical Report. The Trustees. 1950.
- ^ Sonneck, Oscar George Theodore (1979). The Musical quarterly.
- ^ a b "Sherman, Elna - Ten Anglo-American Folk-Songs and Ballads for 2 recorders". www.boosey.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ Yeo, Douglas (May 2011). "A Good Old Note: The Serpent in Thomas Hardy's World and Works". The Hardy Review. 13 (1): 32–48. doi:10.1179/193489011x12995782188211. ISSN 1934-8908.
- ^ Germer, Mark (1990). American Musicological Society: Index to the Papers, Bulletin, and Journal 1936-1987. The AMS.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
- ^ Heim, Norman M. (1995). The Clarinet Sonata in Outline. Norcat Music Press. ISBN 978-0-9630793-2-9.
- ^ Clavier: A Magazine for Pianists & Organists. Instrumentalist Company. 1980.
- ^ The American Recorder. American Recorder Society. 1962.
- ^ Making Music. 1964.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1925.
- ^ a b 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.