Anne Stratton

Anne Gannet Stratton Miller Holden (April 17, 1887 - October 1, 1977)[1] was an American composer[2] who is best remembered today for her song “Boats of Mine,” which was widely performed and recorded[3] during her lifetime. She published her music under the name Anne Stratton.[4]

Stratton was born in Cleburne, Texas, to Mary Louise Baker and William H. Stratton. She married Robert Gardner Miller in 1909, then married Thomas Steele Holden[5] in 1922. She and Holden had one son.[1]

Stratton studied music at the University of Texas[6] and the Damrosch Conservatory (today the Juilliard School) with Howard Brockway and Etta Wilson.[7] She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma[8] and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).[9]

In addition to composing,[10] Stratton recorded music for piano rolls.[11] Her songs were published by Harold Flammer (today Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard)[12] and the Boston Music Company.[13] They included:


References
  1. Holden, Anne Gannet Stratton Miller. "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. 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.
  3. "Miller, Anne Stratton - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  4. 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)
  5. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  6. Who's who in New England: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. A.N. Marquis Company. 1938.
  7. Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1996). Women composers and songwriters : a concise biographical dictionary. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-585-03162-2. OCLC 42329817.
  8. Gamma, Kappa Kappa (1932). The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1930. The fraternity.
  9. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1966). "Holden, Anne Stratton: composer". ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors and Publishers. OCLC 516251617.
  10. 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.
  11. Duo-Art Piano Music: A Classified Catalog of Interpretations of the World's Best Music Recorded by More Than Two Hundred and Fifty Pianists for the Duo-Art Reproducing Piano. Aeolian Company. 1927.
  12. The Musical Monitor. Mrs. David Allen Campbell, Publisher. 1919.
  13. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1924.
  14. Bradshaw, Jennifer; Glaettli, Lauren; Hakes, Anne; Vay, Robert (November 2003). "Theatre Collections at Special Collections & Archives, George Mason University Libraries". Theatre Survey. 44 (2): 263–270. doi:10.1017/s0040557403000139. ISSN 0040-5574. S2CID 162929978.
  15. Claghorn, Charles Eugene; Claghorn, Gene (1996). Women Composers and Songwriters: A Concise Biographical Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3130-8.
  16. "Anne Stratton Miller - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
  17. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1920). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
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