Margaret Wigham

Margaret Viola Wigham (February 3, 1904 – April 17, 1972) was a composer, music educator and pianist, born in Minnesota.[1] She was nationally known as a mid-century composer of student piano pieces.[2] Her pieces often had an educational focus such as chromaticism, counterpoint, learning to play in different keys, or using each hand independently.[3] Her works were published by Oliver Ditson Co., Willis Music, Harold Flammer Inc, Belwin Inc, and R. D. Row.[4] They were also published in Braille and made available through the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.[5]

Her compositions include:

Orchestra
  • Concerto for Two Pianos[6]

Piano
  • Bachette
  • By the Little Mill[7]
  • Fun with a Hoop
  • Hop Along My Little Froggie[11]
  • In the Chapel
  • Introduction and Sonatina
  • Just Before Dawn
  • Merrily Over the Waves We Go
  • Musical Moods in All Keys[13]
  • Musical Playmates
  • Now It's Time to Run and Play
  • O So Happy
  • Old Cowboy Trail[14]
  • On Swan Lake
  • Scampering Whole Steps
  • Scherzino

Vocal
  • “I Wonder Where the Robins Go?” (words by Margaret Wigham and Wilma Wigham)

References
  1. "Register". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  2. Laudon, Robert T. (2000). Minnesota Music Teachers Association: The Profession & the Community, 1901-2000. The Association. ISBN 978-0-9679777-0-6.
  3. Presser, Theodore (1956). Etude: The Music Magazine. T. Presser Company.
  4. Hinson, Maurice (July 9, 2001). Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-11306-1.
  5. "Piano Scores, Braille: Composers Rachmaninoff through Zuschneid". National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  6. 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)
  7. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1952). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  8. Clavier: A Magazine for Pianists & Organists. Instrumentalist Company. 1966.
  9. Musart. The Association. 1967.
  10. The Piano Quarterly. Piano Quarterly, Incorporated. 1965.
  11. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1953). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  12. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1951). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  13. The American Music Teacher. Music Teachers' National Association. 1969.
  14. "Front Matter". Bulletin of the Music Teachers National Association. 15 (1). 1950. ISSN 2380-9051. JSTOR 43528428.
  15. Piano Quarterly Newsletter. Piano Teachers Information Service. 1953.
  16. "Wigham, Margaret (composer) (page 1 of 1)". Presto Sheet Music. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
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