Alice Marion Shaw

Alice Marion Shaw (born August 22, 1890) was an American composer, pianist, and teacher who was a well-known accompanist during the early 20th century.[1]

Shaw was one of three children born in Rockland, Maine, to Reverend Erastus Melville Shaw and the composer Carrie Burpee Shaw.[2] She studied piano with Zygmunt Stojowski and composition with Percy Goetschius at the Institute of Musical Art (today the Juilliard School). She taught at the Rockland Music School,[3] which was started by her mother, before moving to New York.

Shaw was the accompanist for the New York Rubinstein Club in 1915 and for the Maine Festival in 1916.[3] She taught piano in New York and accompanied many noted artists, including flutist George Barrere, violinists Eddy Brown and Scipione Guidi,[1] and singers Louis Graveure, Vernon Stiles, and Eleanor Painter Strong.[4] She often performed the accompaniments from memory.[5]

Shaw composed nearly 100 songs[6] as well as music for organ, piano, cello, flute, and violin.[7] Her music was published by J. Fischer & Brother[8] and Luckhardt & Belder.[9] Songs she composed included:

  1. ^ a b Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
  2. ^ Fraternity, Zeta Psi (1900). Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America: Founded June 1 ... 1847. Semi-centennial Biographical Catalogue, with Data to December 31, 1899. The Fraternity.
  3. ^ a b Saerchinger, César (1918). International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: A Contemporary Biographical Dictionary and a Record of the World's Musical Activity. Current Literature Publishing Company.
  4. ^ The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1916.
  5. ^ The Music Magazine-musical Courier. 1913.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  8. ^ Woman's Number. Theodore Presser. 1918.
  9. ^ "Alice Marion Shaw". digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-02.