Blanche Ray Alden
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Blanche Ray Alden (July 5, 1870[n 1] – November 14, 1934[4]) was an American pianist and composer, who published under the pseudonym Theodora Dutton. Her short piano piece, Christmas Day Secrets, is the only work in the Suzuki Piano Repertoire attributed to a female composer.
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- ↑ Based on the year of birth (1870),[1] the location of birth (Springfield, Massachusetts),[2] and the usage of Dutton as a part of pseudonym's surname, this ancestral record[3] entails that her accurate date of birth is July 5, 1870.
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References
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Sources
- Suzuki, Dr. Shinichi. (1995). Suzuki Piano School Volume 1, Revised edition. Alfred Publishing Company. Template:ISBN
- Ccm :: Alden, Blanche Ray Alden - Dutton, Theodora Dutton at composers-classical-music.com
External links
- Free scores by Blanche Ray Alden at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Scanned copy of letter Blanche Ray Alden wrote to Edvard Grieg in 1894
- Biography of Blanche Ray Alden (Theodora Dutton) and how she became included in the Suzuki Piano repertoire.
- Website with articles on and music by Blanche Ray Alden (Theodora Dutton).