American composer and pianist Frances Tarbox (February 4, 1874 – October 23, 1959) wrote one opera and several songs. Her name is sometimes seen as Frances Tarbos.
Tarbox was born in St. Paul, Minnesota to Emma and Jasper Billings Tarbox. She studied music in Paris and with Edward MacDowell. She lived in New York City from at least 1910 until her death. Baritone Louis Graveure performed her best-known song "The Joy of a Rose" frequently in his recitals.
Tarbox's music was published by Carl Fischer. In addition to an opera (title unknown), her compositions included:
Piano
- Valse Pavlova
Vocal
- "America Stand Forth" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)
- "Joy of a Rose"(text by A. L. Gruber)
- "Relief from the New Deal" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)
- "What Them Fellows Does is Art"
- "We've Found At Last a Candidate of Presidential Timber" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)
References
- Herman, Kali; Tal, Kalí (1984). Women in Particular: An Index to American Women. Oryx Press. ISBN 978-0-89774-088-3.
- ^ Tarbox, Frances. "ancestry.com". Retrieved 20 Aug 2021.
- Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
- Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
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- 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.
- Tarbox, Frances (Oct 1940). "The Etude". Oct 1940: 714.
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(help) - Tarbox, Frances (1916). "The Musical Observer". 14–15: 47, 58.
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- Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1946). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical Compositions. Part 3. Library of Congress.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1914). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1939.
- "Library of the Institute for the Study of Women in Music Collection". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1941.