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{{Short description|American composer and musicologist (1922–2015)}} |
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'''Virginia Claire Seay Ploeser''' (8 August 1922 |
'''Virginia Claire Seay Ploeser''' (8 August 1922 – 23 November 2015)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ploeser |first=Virginia Seay |date=1 Dec 2015 |title=San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mercurynews/name/virginia-ploeser-obituary?id=16502583 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> was an American composer and musicologist who studied and collaborated with composer [[Ernst Krenek]]. She published her works under the name '''Virginia Seay'''. |
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Seay was born in [[Palo Alto, California |
Seay was born in [[Palo Alto, California]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ewen |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vI44AAAAIAAJ&q=virginia+seay+composer |title=American Composers Today: A Biographical and Critical Guide |date=1949 |publisher=H.W. Wilson Company |language=en}}</ref> to Claire Soule and Welford Seay. She studied with Krenek at [[Vassar College]], where she earned a degree in music composition in 1944, followed by a master's degree from [[Hamline University]] in St. Paul, Minnesota, also under Krenek's tutelage. She married James Ploeser in 1944, and they had three children, Monica, Stephen, and Christine.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Webmaster |first=Bruce Eskander-SPHSAA |title=Virginia Claire Seay (Ploeser) (Deceased), South Pasadena, CA California last lived in Redwood City, CA |url=https://www.sphsaa.org/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=www.sphsaa.org}}</ref> |
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During Seay's time in Minnesota in the 1940s, one of her compositions was performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.<ref name=":1" /> In 1945, she won the third Young Composers Contest of the Federation of Music Clubs with her composition ''San Clemente, Low Tide'', which was broadcast on national radio.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Colby |first=Frank Harvey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3nU_AAAAMAAJ&q=virginia+seay+composer |title=The Pacific Coast Musician |date=1945 |publisher=Colby and Pryibil |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pyxEAQAAIAAJ&q=Virginia+Seay+(a+former+student+of+Krenek)+was+working+on+a |title=Music Clubs Magazine |date=1944 |publisher=National Federation of Music Clubs. |language=en}}</ref> Krenek performed piano music she composed at a concert at [[Black Mountain College]] in Asheville, North Carolina.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Stewart |first=John Lincoln |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-5RqK8C__ysC&dq=virginia+seay+composer&pg=PA242 |title=Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music |date=1991-01-01 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-07014-1 |language=en}}</ref> |
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At Hamline, Seay collaborated with Krenek to translate his opera ''[[Karl V. (opera)|Karl V.]]'' from German to English. Krenek used a motif composed by Seay in his ''Hurricane Variations for Piano, opus 100'' in 1944.<ref name=":3" /> The following year, in his composition T''ricks and Trifles'', Krenek composed 22 variations on a four-note motif from a string quartet composed by Seay.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Trotter |first=William R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCZTeJrqiQgC |
At Hamline, Seay collaborated with Krenek to translate his opera ''[[Karl V. (opera)|Karl V.]]'' from German to English. Krenek used a motif composed by Seay in his ''Hurricane Variations for Piano, opus 100'' in 1944.<ref name=":3" /> The following year, in his composition T''ricks and Trifles'', Krenek composed 22 variations on a four-note motif from a string quartet composed by Seay.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Trotter |first=William R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCZTeJrqiQgC&dq=virginia+seay+composer&pg=PA203 |title=Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos |date=1995 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-931340-81-9 |language=en}}</ref> Krenek and Seay collaborated (with Russell G. Harris and Martha Johnson) on the book ''Hamline Studies in Musicology''.<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last=Hughes |first=Charles |date=1946 |title=Review of Hamline Studies in Musicology |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/426540 |journal=The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=254 |doi=10.2307/426540 |jstor=426540 |issn=0021-8529}}</ref> It included a chapter by Seay, "A Contribution to the Problem of Mode in Medieval Music".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arts |first=Hamline University School of Fine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuuXAYJco-IC&q=virginia+seay+composer |title=Hamline Studies in Musicology |date=1945 |publisher=Burgess Publishing Company |language=en}}</ref> |
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Seay's family lived in New Zealand from 1949 to 1954, where her husband had a Fulbright Scholarship to teach abroad. From 1957 to 2013, Seay taught music and other subjects in Catholic schools in San Jose and San Francisco.<ref name=":1" /> |
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Seay's compositions are numbered through at least opus 8 (see below). Her works include: |
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== Book == |
== Book == |
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*''Hamline Studies in Musicology'' (with Ernst Krenek, Russell G. Harris & Martha Johnson)<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Krenek |first=Ernst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5emxgEACAAJ |
*''Hamline Studies in Musicology'' (with Ernst Krenek, Russell G. Harris & Martha Johnson)<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Krenek |first=Ernst |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M5emxgEACAAJ |title=Hamline Studies in Musicology |date=1945 |publisher=Hamline Univ. |isbn=978-0-598-97477-8 |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Chamber == |
== Chamber == |
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*''San Clemente, Low Tide'' (flute, oboe, clarinet, timpani and strings)<ref name=":2" /> |
*''San Clemente, Low Tide'' (flute, oboe, clarinet, timpani and strings)<ref name=":2" /> |
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*''String Quartet''<ref name=":4" /> |
*''String Quartet''<ref name=":4" /> |
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== Orchestra == |
== Orchestra == |
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*work performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra<ref name=":1" /> |
*work performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra<ref name=":1" /> |
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== Piano == |
== Piano == |
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*''Nine Short Piano Pieces''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heather Fetrow |url=https://www.heatherfetrow.com/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Heather Fetrow |language=en-US}}</ref> |
*''Nine Short Piano Pieces''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heather Fetrow |url=https://www.heatherfetrow.com/ |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=Heather Fetrow |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Vocal == |
== Vocal == |
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*Choral works<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> |
*Choral works<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> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Latest revision as of 10:23, 23 July 2023
Virginia Claire Seay Ploeser (8 August 1922 – 23 November 2015)[1] was an American composer and musicologist who studied and collaborated with composer Ernst Krenek. She published her works under the name Virginia Seay.
Seay was born in Palo Alto, California,[2] to Claire Soule and Welford Seay. She studied with Krenek at Vassar College, where she earned a degree in music composition in 1944, followed by a master's degree from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, also under Krenek's tutelage. She married James Ploeser in 1944, and they had three children, Monica, Stephen, and Christine.[1][3]
During Seay's time in Minnesota in the 1940s, one of her compositions was performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.[3] In 1945, she won the third Young Composers Contest of the Federation of Music Clubs with her composition San Clemente, Low Tide, which was broadcast on national radio.[4][5] Krenek performed piano music she composed at a concert at Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina.[6]
At Hamline, Seay collaborated with Krenek to translate his opera Karl V. from German to English. Krenek used a motif composed by Seay in his Hurricane Variations for Piano, opus 100 in 1944.[6] The following year, in his composition Tricks and Trifles, Krenek composed 22 variations on a four-note motif from a string quartet composed by Seay.[7] Krenek and Seay collaborated (with Russell G. Harris and Martha Johnson) on the book Hamline Studies in Musicology.[8] It included a chapter by Seay, "A Contribution to the Problem of Mode in Medieval Music".[9]
Seay's family lived in New Zealand from 1949 to 1954, where her husband had a Fulbright Scholarship to teach abroad. From 1957 to 2013, Seay taught music and other subjects in Catholic schools in San Jose and San Francisco.[3]
Seay's compositions are numbered through at least opus 8 (see below). Her works include:
Book
[edit]Chamber
[edit]- San Clemente, Low Tide (flute, oboe, clarinet, timpani and strings)[4]
- Sonata, Opus 8 (for clarinet)[11]
- String Quartet[7]
Orchestra
[edit]- work performed by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra[3]
Piano
[edit]- Nine Short Piano Pieces[12]
Vocal
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Ploeser, Virginia Seay (1 Dec 2015). "San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Ewen, David (1949). American Composers Today: A Biographical and Critical Guide. H.W. Wilson Company.
- ^ a b c d Webmaster, Bruce Eskander-SPHSAA. "Virginia Claire Seay (Ploeser) (Deceased), South Pasadena, CA California last lived in Redwood City, CA". www.sphsaa.org. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ a b Colby, Frank Harvey (1945). The Pacific Coast Musician. Colby and Pryibil.
- ^ Music Clubs Magazine. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1944.
- ^ a b Stewart, John Lincoln (1991-01-01). Ernst Krenek: The Man and His Music. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07014-1.
- ^ a b Trotter, William R. (1995). Priest of Music: The Life of Dimitri Mitropoulos. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-931340-81-9.
- ^ a b Hughes, Charles (1946). "Review of Hamline Studies in Musicology". The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. 4 (4): 254. doi:10.2307/426540. ISSN 0021-8529. JSTOR 426540.
- ^ Arts, Hamline University School of Fine (1945). Hamline Studies in Musicology. Burgess Publishing Company.
- ^ Krenek, Ernst (1945). Hamline Studies in Musicology. Hamline Univ. ISBN 978-0-598-97477-8.
- ^ The Clarinet. Department of Music, Idaho State University. 1980.
- ^ "Heather Fetrow". Heather Fetrow. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
- ^ 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.