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.

Notes

  1. 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.

References

  1. Brooks, William; Christina, Bashford; Magee, Gayle, eds. (2019-10-24). Over Here, Over There: Transatlantic Conversations on the Music of World War I. Champaign: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0252051562.
  2. Portraits Of The World's Best-Known Musicians, An Alphabetical Collection Of Notable Musical Personalities Of The World Covering The Entire History Of Music. Musical America. 1946. p. 39.
  3. Woodbridge Dwight, Benjamin (1871). The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass Vol. 2. Joel Munsell: Albany, NY. p. 1279.
  4. "Obituary > Theodora Dutton". Musical America. 1934-12-10.

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