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'''Williametta Spencer''' (born August 15, 1927)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Williametta|title=ancestry.com|url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/80931933:6224 |
'''Williametta Spencer''' (born August 15, 1927)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Williametta|title=ancestry.com|url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/80931933:6224|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref> is an American composer,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Anderson|first=Ruth|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2035024|title=Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary|date=1976|publisher=G.K. Hall|isbn=0-8161-1117-0|location=Boston|oclc=2035024}}</ref> musicologist, and teacher<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stern|first=Susan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3844725|title=Women composers : a handbook|date=1978|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=0-8108-1138-3|location=Metuchen, N.J.|oclc=3844725}}</ref> who plays harpsichord, organ, and piano. She is best known for her award-winning choral work ''At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Cohen|first=Aaron I.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VsYAAAAIAAJ&q=strantz+louise|title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers|date=1987|publisher=Books & Music (USA)|isbn=978-0-9617485-1-7|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Life and career== |
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Williametta|date=14 Apr 1964|title=The Paducah Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/ |
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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Williametta|date=14 Apr 1964|title=The Paducah Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/|archive-date=|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Newspapers.com|page=5|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Resick|first=Georgine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wNBDwAAQBAJ&dq=williametta+spencer&pg=PA218|title=French Vocal Literature: Repertoire in Context|date=2017-12-22|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-5845-7|language=en}}</ref> In 1953, she received a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright]] scholarship to study in Paris. Her teachers included [[Pauline Alderman]], [[Tony Aubin]], [[Alfred Cortot]], [[Ingolf Dahl]], Ernst Kanitz, and [[Halsey Stevens]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Pfitzinger|first=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugfWDQAAQBAJ&dq=williametta+spencer&pg=PA511|title=Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students|date=2017-03-01|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-7225-5|language=en}}</ref> |
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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;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni Achievement Award Recipients {{!}} Whittier College|url=https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetawards/achievement|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.whittier.edu}}</ref> and the Amy Beach Award for her orchestral overture.<ref name=":0" /> I Cantori commissioned and premiered her choral work, ''And the White Rose is a Dove''. She is a member of the [[International Alliance for Women in Music]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Music|first=International Alliance for Women in|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHEJAQAAMAAJ |
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;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni Achievement Award Recipients {{!}} Whittier College|url=https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetawards/achievement|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.whittier.edu}}</ref> and the Amy Beach Award for her orchestral overture.<ref name=":0" /> 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]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Music|first=International Alliance for Women in|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHEJAQAAMAAJ&q=williametta+spencer|title=IAWM Journal|date=2001|publisher=The Alliance|language=en}}</ref> |
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Spencer’s works have been published by [[Associated Music Publishers]] Inc.,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Office|first=Library of Congress Copyright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W63AR357wRMC |
Spencer’s works have been published by [[Associated Music Publishers]] Inc.,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Office|first=Library of Congress Copyright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W63AR357wRMC&q=williametta+spencer|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries|date=1970|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref> Mark Foster Music Co.,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Bright Cap and Streamers - Williametta Spencer - Score - Musica International|url=https://www.musicanet.org/bdd/en/score/125583-bright-cap-and-streamers-williametta-spencer|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.musicanet.org}}</ref> Orpheus Publications,<ref>{{Cite web|last=brittain|date=2011-10-19|title=Orpheus Publications • Music Publishers Association of the United States|url=https://www.mpa.org/music-publisher/orpheus-publications/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.mpa.org|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Shawnee Press]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I4oJAQAAMAAJ&q=williametta+spencer|title=Music|date=1972|publisher=American Guild of Organists.|language=en}}</ref> and Western International Music Co.<ref name=":0" /> Her publications include: |
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== Article == |
== Article == |
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== Chamber == |
== Chamber == |
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*''Adagio and Rondo'' (oboe and piano)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Williametta|title=WorldCat|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr96-21118/ |
*''Adagio and Rondo'' (oboe and piano)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Spencer|first=Williametta|title=WorldCat|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr96-21118/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.worldcat.org}}</ref> |
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*''Sonata for Trombone and Piano''<ref name=":3" /> |
*''Sonata for Trombone and Piano''<ref name=":3" /> |
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*''Suite'' (flute and piano)<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Boenke|first=H. Alais|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SD_z8JdtuSIC&dq=williametta+spencer+flute&pg=PA186|title=Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog|date=1988|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-26019-3|language=en}}</ref> |
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*''Trio for Brass Instruments''<ref name=":0" /> |
*''Trio for Brass Instruments''<ref name=":0" /> |
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*Overture<ref name=":0" /> |
*Overture<ref name=":0" /> |
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*Passacaglia and Double Fugue (string orchestra)<ref name=":0" /> |
*Passacaglia and Double Fugue (string orchestra)<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Organ == |
== Organ == |
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*''Improvisation and Meditation on “Gott sei gelobet”''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6quo7Weh4AC |
*''Improvisation and Meditation on “Gott sei gelobet”''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6quo7Weh4AC&dq=williametta+spencer&pg=PA150|title=Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog|date=1991|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-26802-1|language=en}}</ref> |
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== Vocal == |
== Vocal == |
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*''And the White Rose is a Dove'' (choir)<ref name=":1" /> |
*''And the White Rose is a Dove'' (choir)<ref name=":1" /> |
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*''As I Rode Out This Enders NIght'' (a cappella choir)<ref name=":5" /> |
*''As I Rode Out This Enders NIght'' (a cappella choir)<ref name=":5" /> |
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*''As I Sat Under a Sycamore Tree'' (a cappella choir)<ref name=":5" /> |
*''As I Sat Under a Sycamore Tree'' (a cappella choir)<ref name=":5" /> |
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*''At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners'' (choir; text by [[John Donne]])<ref name=":3" /> |
*''At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners'' (choir; text by [[John Donne]])<ref name=":3" /> |
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*''Bright Cap and Streamers'' (choir)<ref name=":2" /> |
*''Bright Cap and Streamers'' (choir)<ref name=":2" /> |
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*Cantate Domino<ref name=":3" /> |
*Cantate Domino<ref name=":3" /> |
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*“Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun” (text by [[Walt Whitman]])<ref name=":3" /> |
*“Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun” (text by [[Walt Whitman]])<ref name=":3" /> |
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*Make We Joy: A Cantata for Christmastide in a Medieval Atmosphere<ref name=":3" /> |
*Make We Joy: A Cantata for Christmastide in a Medieval Atmosphere<ref name=":3" /> |
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*''Winter Has Lasted Too Long'' (voice, clarinet, and piano) |
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== External links == |
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*{{official|https://wspencer.com/}} |
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== See also: == |
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[[Category:American women classical composers]] |
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*[https://wspencer.com Williametta Spencer] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:1927 births]] |
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[[Category:String quartet composers]] |
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[[Category:University of Southern California alumni]] |
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[[Category:American women musicologists]] |
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[[Category:20th-century American women musicians]] |
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[[Category:20th-century American musicologists]] |
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[[Category:21st-century American women musicians]] |
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[[Category:21st-century American musicologists]] |
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[[Category:People from Marion, Illinois]] |
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[[Category:Classical musicians from Illinois]] |
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[[Category:People from Paducah, Kentucky]] |
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[[Category:Classical musicians from Kentucky]] |
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[[Category:20th-century American classical composers]] |
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[[Category:21st-century American classical composers]] |
Latest revision as of 11:37, 10 November 2024
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 Caplet.[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]Organ
[edit]- Improvisation and Meditation on “Gott sei gelobet”[19]
Vocal
[edit]- 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]- ^ Spencer, Williametta. "ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ Anderson, Ruth (1976). Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-1117-0. OCLC 2035024.
- ^ 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.
External links
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- American women classical composers
- Living people
- 1927 births
- String quartet composers
- University of Southern California alumni
- American women musicologists
- 20th-century American women musicians
- 20th-century American musicologists
- 21st-century American women musicians
- 21st-century American musicologists
- People from Marion, Illinois
- Classical musicians from Illinois
- People from Paducah, Kentucky
- Classical musicians from Kentucky
- 20th-century American classical composers
- 21st-century American classical composers