G. Estabrook

G. Estabrook (1895)

G. Estabrook is the pen name used by composer and singer Caroline Augusta "Gussie" Clowry (October 23, 1845 – April 18, 1897), whose opera The Joust was the first opera by an American woman to be published.[1] With musical talent from an early age, "Gussie" had many songs published throughout her life, one of which "reached the extraordinary sale of over one million copies."[2]

  1. ^ Kirk, Erika Kuhl. American Opera. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2001: p. 110
  2. ^ Philadelphia Inquirer, April 19, 1897