Gladys E. Yelvington (Parsons) (November 29, 1891 – February 11, 1957[1]) was a ragtime composer and friend of May Aufderheide[2] and Julia Lee Niebergall. She was born in Elwood, Indiana to Asa and Alice Yelvington.[1]
She composed and performed as a silent-movie pianist in Indianapolis and Alexandria.[3]
She returned to Elwood in 1910, and performed regularly at the Princess Theatre.[4] In 1912 she married Leo G. Parsons (1887-1958), a cigar salesman, in Elwood in 1912.[5][6] This ended her professional music career.[7] They moved to Gary, Indiana in 1917, where she died in 1957.[1]
- ^ a b c Death notice in the Anderson Daily Bulletin, 13 Feb 1957, Wed, Page 10 via newspapers.com
- ^ David A. Jasen; Trebor Jay Tichenor (1978). Rags and Ragtime: A Musical History. Courier Corporation. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-486-25922-2.
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- ^ "Princess Theatre". The Elwood Call Leader. November 20, 1911. p. 4.
- ^ "Society and Personal Items". The Alexandria Times-Tribune. September 3, 1912. p. 5.
- ^ "Parsons-Yelvington". The Elwood Call Leader. September 2, 1912. p. 1.
- ^ History of Madison County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Publishing Company. 1914. p. 579.