Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale

Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale (September 24, 1875 - January 4, 1958)[1] was an American pianist and composer,[2][3] whose operettas were performed in St. Louis, Missouri, and New York.

Cale was born in St. Louis to a musical family. Her parents were Rosalie T. Balmer (“Sally”) and Thaddeus Smith.[1] Her mother (1849-1934) composed several pieces for violin.[4] Her maternal grandfather was Charles Balmer of Balmer & Weber Music Company in St. Louis. Her paternal grandfather, the actor[5] Sol Smith, owned and operated the St. Louis Theatre.[6] She married the violinist[7] Charles Allen Cale in 1897.[8]

Cale studied music first with her mother and grandparents, then with Abraham I. Epstein and Ernest R. Kroeger. She taught in St. Louis for over 30 years.[9] Her papers are archived at the Missouri Historical Society.[10]

Cale’s music was published by Balmer & Weber. Her compositions include:

Dance

Operetta
  • Four Pecks or A Bushel of Fun (performed in New York as Cupid’s Halloween)[12]
  • Love, Powder and Patches (text by Alice E. Hellmers)[13]
  • Summer: A Flirtation (text by William C. Unger)[14]

Piano

Vocal
  • “Master and Pupil” (text by William C. Unger)[14]

References
  1. "Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale (1875-1958) - Find a..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  2. 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.
  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. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-1-7.
  5. Sampson, Francis Asbury; Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin (1923). Missouri Historical Review. State Historical Society of Missouri.
  6. "Adelina Patti the opera diva". Lafayette Square Archives. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. Wells, Katherine Gladney (1980). Symphony and Song: The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra : the First Hundred Years, 1880-1980. Countryman Press. ISBN 978-0-914378-62-4.
  8. Leonard, John W. (1906). The Book of St. Louisans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the City of St. Louis and Vicinity. St. Louis republic.
  9. Krohn, Ernst Christopher (1924). A Century of Missouri Music. Privately printed.
  10. Cale, Rosalie Balmer Smith. "SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON WOMEN'S CLUBS IN ST. LOUIS, 1890-1920" (PDF). mostateparks.com. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  11. "Sheet Music Collection". www.slpl.org. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  12. Borroff, Edith (1992). American operas : a checklist. J. Bunker Clark. Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press. ISBN 0-89990-063-1. OCLC 26809841.
  13. Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1898.
  14. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1912). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  15. Humanities, National Endowment for the (1904-02-04). "The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, February 04, 1904, Image 9". The St. Louis Republic. p. 9. ISSN 2157-1368. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
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