Frances Tarbox

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American composer and pianist[1] Frances Tarbox (February 4, 1874 – October 23, 1959)[2] wrote one opera[3] and several songs.[4] Her name is sometimes seen as Frances Tarbos.[5]

Tarbox was born in St. Paul, Minnesota[6] to Emma and Jasper Billings Tarbox. She studied music in Paris and with Edward MacDowell.[7] She lived in New York City from at least 1910 until her death.[2] Baritone Louis Graveure[8] performed her best-known song "The Joy of a Rose" frequently in his recitals.[9]

Tarbox's music was published by Carl Fischer.[10] In addition to an opera (title unknown), her compositions included:

Piano

Vocal

  • "America Stand Forth" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)[12]
  • "Joy of a Rose"(text by A. L. Gruber)[13]
  • "Relief from the New Deal" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)[12]
  • "What Them Fellows Does is Art"[11]
  • "We've Found At Last a Candidate of Presidential Timber" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn)[14]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-89774-088-3
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  2. ^ a b Tarbox, Frances. "ancestry.com". Retrieved 20 Aug 2021.
  3. OCLC 3844725
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  4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  5. OCLC 6815939
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  6. OCLC 28889156
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  7. ^ Tarbox, Frances (Oct 1940). "The Etude". Oct 1940: 714. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Tarbox, Frances (1916). "The Musical Observer". 14–15: 47, 58. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. ^ The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1917.
  10. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1946). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical Compositions. Part 3. Library of Congress.
  11. ^ a b Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1914). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
  12. ^ a b Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1939.
  13. ^ "Library of the Institute for the Study of Women in Music Collection". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  14. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1941.
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