Bessie Marshall Whitely

Bessie Marshall Whitely or Whiteley[1] (December 25, 1871 - November 7, 1944[2]) was an American composer, pianist, and teacher.[3] She attended the Oakland Conservatory of Music in Oakland, California, and studied with H. G. Pasmore, J. P. Morgan, and Louis Lesser.[4] Whitely was a piano teacher and music supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri, for 32 years.[5]

Whitely published an article on Form and Spirit in Music in the journal Music in 1892.[6] Her opera Hiawatha's Childhood[7] won the National Federation of Music Clubs award in 1912. Her music was published by G. Schirmer, Inc. and C. C. Birchard & Co. (later Summy-Birchard, then Birchtree Ltd.).[8] Her compositions include:

Opera

Orchestra
  • Five Symphonic Sketches

Vocal
  • Four Winds (men's quartet)
  • Garden of Buddha (woman's voice + men's quartet)
  • Goblin (words by Florence C. Fox; music by Bessie Marshall Whitely)[12]
  • Hymn[13]
  • Landing of the Pilgrims
  • Missouri[14]
  • Muramadzu (tenor and orchestra)
  • Shadows (voice and piano; unspecified award winner)[15]
  • Three Madrigals (a capella chorus)

References
  1. Stern, Susan, 1953- (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  4. Krohn, Ernst C. (Ernst Christopher), 1888-1975. (1971). Missouri music. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-70932-5. OCLC 195626.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. 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)
  6. The Literary Digest. Funk & Wagnalls. 1892.
  7. McVicker, Mary Frech (9 August 2016). Women opera composers : biographies from the 1500s to the 21st century. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-0-7864-9513-9. OCLC 945767521.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. "A CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF". indianmusiclist.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  9. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1941). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [C] Group 3. Dramatic Composition and Motion Pictures. New Series.
  10. Kirk, Elise K. (Elise Kuhl), 1932- (2001). American opera. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02623-3. OCLC 44414175.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. Borroff, Edith (1992). American Operas: A Checklist. Harmonie Park Press. ISBN 978-0-89990-063-6.
  12. Parker, Horatio William; McConathy, Osbourne; Birge, Edward Bailey; Miessner, William Otto (1918). Teacher's Manual for the Progressive Music Series. Department of State Printing.
  13. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1944). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  14. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1914). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
  15. The Etude. T. Presser. 1921.
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