Alice Streatch

Alice Mills Palmer Streatch (January 3, 1909 - December 2, 1999)[1] was an American[2] composer[3] who wrote both the words and the music[4] for most of her songs.[5]

Streatch was born in Rhode Island to Edith Markland Mills and Burrows Spalding Palmer. She married Harold Siteman Streatch in 1928 and they had twin daughters, Roberta and Alberta. Streatch lived in Rhode Island for most of her life, dying there in 1999.[1] Little is known about her education. Her music was published by Boosey & Hawkes.[6] Her compositions, all for voice, include:

  • Autumn Night (women’s chorus and piano; music by Ron Nelson; text by Alice Streatch)[7][8]
  • “Charley is My Boy Friend”[9]
  • “Fare Thee Well”[10]
  • “How Old is Too Old for Love?”[10]
  • “I Call You April”[11]
  • “Prayer of Thanksgiving”[12]
  • “Roses and Lilacs and Plums”[13]
  • “Say You Love Me”[9]
  • “Try a Smile”[14]

References
  1. Streatch, Alice Mills Palmer. "Ancestry.com". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  2. 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)
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  6. Autumn night, 1968, OCLC 318034981, retrieved 2021-10-29
  7. Department of Music, University of Richmond (2008-11-02). "University Women's Chorale and Schola Cantorum". Music Department Concert Programs.
  8. Agency, United States Information (1964). Catalog of Published Concert Music by American Composers. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  9. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1959). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  10. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1967). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  11. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1963). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  12. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1959). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  13. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1959). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  14. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1962). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
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