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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?tid=&pid=&queryId=8c73111b6d844cb6b547ad82745e25ec&_phsrc=mLm1&_phstart=successSource|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref> is a 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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=strantz+louise&q=strantz+louise&hl=en|title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers|date=1987|publisher=Books & Music (USA)|isbn=978-0-9617485-1-7|language=en}}</ref>
'''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>


==Life and career==
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/|url-status=live|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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA218&dq=williametta+spencer&hl=en|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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA511&dq=williametta+spencer&hl=en|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>
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>


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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=williametta+spencer&q=williametta+spencer&hl=en|title=IAWM Journal|date=2001|publisher=The Alliance|language=en}}</ref>
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>


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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=williametta+spencer&q=williametta+spencer&hl=en|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&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=williametta+spencer&q=williametta+spencer&hl=en|title=Music|date=1972|publisher=American Guild of Organists.|language=en}}</ref> and Western International Music Co.<ref name=":0" /> Her publications include:
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:


== Article ==
== Article ==
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== Chamber ==
== Chamber ==


*''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/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.worldcat.org}}</ref>
*''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>
*''Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Office|first=Library of Congress Copyright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hiohAQAAIAAJ&dq=williametta+spencer&pg=PA216|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=1952|language=en}}</ref>

*''Sonata for Clarinet and Piano''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Office|first=Library of Congress Copyright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hiohAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA216&dq=williametta+spencer&hl=en|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=1952|language=en}}</ref>

*''Sonata for Trombone and Piano''<ref name=":3" />
*''Sonata for Trombone and Piano''<ref name=":3" />
*''String Quartet''<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Buhrman|first=Thomas Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kdRAAAAYAAJ&q=williametta+spencer|title=American Organist|date=1960|publisher=American Guild of Organists|language=en}}</ref>

*''String Quartet''<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Buhrman|first=Thomas Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kdRAAAAYAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=williametta+spencer&q=williametta+spencer&hl=en|title=American Organist|date=1960|publisher=American Guild of Organists|language=en}}</ref>
*''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>

*''Suite'' (flute and piano)<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Boenke|first=H. Alais|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SD_z8JdtuSIC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA186&dq=williametta+spencer+flute&hl=en|title=Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog|date=1988|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-26019-3|language=en}}</ref>

*''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" />

*Passacaglia and Double Fugue (string orchestra)<ref name=":0" />
*Passacaglia and Double Fugue (string orchestra)<ref name=":0" />


== Organ ==
== Organ ==


*''Improvisation and Meditation on “Gott sei gelobet”''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6quo7Weh4AC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA150&dq=williametta+spencer&hl=en|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>
*''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>


== Vocal ==
== Vocal ==


*''And the White Rose is a Dove'' (choir)<ref name=":1" />
*''And the White Rose is a Dove'' (choir)<ref name=":1" />

*''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" />

*''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" />

*''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" />

*''Bright Cap and Streamers'' (choir)<ref name=":2" />
*''Bright Cap and Streamers'' (choir)<ref name=":2" />

*Cantate Domino<ref name=":3" />
*Cantate Domino<ref name=":3" />
*''Four Madrigals'' (text by [[James Joyce]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Williametta Spencer {{!}} Compositions|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/williametta-spencer-mn0002293230/compositions|access-date=2022-01-11|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>

*''Four Madrigals'' (text by [[James Joyce]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Williametta Spencer {{!}} Compositions|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/williametta-spencer-mn0002293230/compositions|access-date=2022-01-11|website=AllMusic|language=en}}</ref>

*“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" />

*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" />
*Missa Brevis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lm5TAAAAYAAJ&q=williametta+spencer|title=The School Musician Director and Teacher|date=1981|publisher=Ammark Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref>
*''Nova, Nova, Ave Fit Ex Eva'' (a cappella choir)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Williametta Spencer|url=https://pwchorus.org/composers/williametta-spencer/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Peninsula Women's Chorus|language=en-US}}</ref>
*''Three Songs'' (text by [[William Shakespeare]]; flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, and voice)<ref name=":4" />
*''Two Christmas Madrigals'' (a cappella choir)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwkwAQAAIAAJ&q=williametta+spencer|title=Music Journal Annual Anthology|date=1971|publisher=Music Journal, Incorporated|language=en}}</ref>
*''Winter Has Lasted Too Long'' (voice, clarinet, and piano)


== References ==
*Missa Brevis<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lm5TAAAAYAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=williametta+spencer&q=williametta+spencer&hl=en|title=The School Musician Director and Teacher|date=1981|publisher=Ammark Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref>
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== External links ==
*''Nova, Nova, Ave Fit Ex Eva'' (a cappella choir)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Williametta Spencer|url=https://pwchorus.org/composers/williametta-spencer/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Peninsula Women's Chorus|language=en-US}}</ref>
*{{official|https://wspencer.com/}}
* {{YouTube |FNbAVihw4Ro |Listen to ''At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners'' by Williametta Spencer}}


*''Three Songs'' (text by [[William Shakespeare]]; flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, and voice)<ref name=":4" />


*''Two Christmas Madrigals'' (a cappella choir)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwkwAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=williametta+spencer&q=williametta+spencer&hl=en|title=Music Journal Annual Anthology|date=1971|publisher=Music Journal, Incorporated|language=en}}</ref>


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*[https://wspencer.com Williametta Spencer]
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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

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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.[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

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  • The Relationship Between André Caplet and Claude Debussy (The Musical Quarterly, Volume LXVI, Issue 1, January 1980, Pages 112–131)[14]

Chamber

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  • 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

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  • Overture[4]
  • Passacaglia and Double Fugue (string orchestra)[4]

Organ

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  • Improvisation and Meditation on “Gott sei gelobet”[19]

Vocal

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Spencer, Williametta. "ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  2. ^ Anderson, Ruth (1976). Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-1117-0. OCLC 2035024.
  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 e f g Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.
  5. ^ Spencer, Williametta (14 Apr 1964). "The Paducah Sun". Newspapers.com. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  6. ^ Resick, Georgine (2017-12-22). French Vocal Literature: Repertoire in Context. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5845-7.
  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.
  8. ^ "Alumni Achievement Award Recipients | Whittier College". www.whittier.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  9. ^ a b Music, International Alliance for Women in (2001). IAWM Journal. The Alliance.
  10. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1970). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  11. ^ a b "Bright Cap and Streamers - Williametta Spencer - Score - Musica International". www.musicanet.org. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  12. ^ brittain (2011-10-19). "Orpheus Publications • Music Publishers Association of the United States". www.mpa.org. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  13. ^ Music. American Guild of Organists. 1972.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ a b c d e f Spencer, Williametta. "WorldCat". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  16. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1952). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  17. ^ a b c Buhrman, Thomas Scott (1960). American Organist. American Guild of Organists.
  18. ^ a b Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
  19. ^ Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  20. ^ "Williametta Spencer | Compositions". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  21. ^ The School Musician Director and Teacher. Ammark Publishing Company. 1981.
  22. ^ "Williametta Spencer". Peninsula Women's Chorus. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
  23. ^ Music Journal Annual Anthology. Music Journal, Incorporated. 1971.
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