Nannie Louise Wright

American composer, pianist, and teacher Nannie Louise Wright  (June 30, 1879–March 16, 1958) was born in Fayette, Missouri.[1] She graduated from Howard Payne College in Fayette and the Columbia School of Music in Chicago, Illinois. Wright studied piano with Mary Wood Chase in Chicago and with Josef Lhévinne in Berlin.[2] She returned to Fayette to become the Director of Music at Howard Payne College in 1909.[3] Later, she served as President of the Missouri State Music Teachers' Association and as Dean of Music at Central Methodist University's Swinney Conservatory of Music in Fayette.[1]

Her compositions include: [2]

Orchestra
  • Piano Concerto, opus 42 (also arranged for two pianos)[3]

Piano
  • Acrobatic Stunts (1949)[4]
  • American Indian Sketches, opus 63 (1921)[5]
  • At Evening, opus 38[6]
  • Autumn, Winter, Spring[3]
  • Banjo Picker[7]
  • Bells Across the Valley (1953)[8]
  • Circus Parade
  • Concert Study in C Major (1924)[5]
  • Glory to God (1953)[8]
  • Happy and Gay (1949)[4]
  • Hop, Skip and Play (1953)[8]
  • Humoresque
  • Ice Skating (1949)[4]
  • In Springtime, opus 36[6] Jaunty Ride (1949)[4]
  • Juggler
  • Melody in e minor (1949)[4]
  • Orchard Swing (1942)[5]
  • Roller Coaster (1953)[8]
  • Scarf Dance[6]
  • Scherzo (1953)[8]
  • Seven Melodious Pieces[9]
  • Six Little Pieces, opus 24[6]
  • Thoughts at Twilight (1949)[4]
  • Twelve Etudes
  • Twelve Preludes (1915)[9]
  • Valse Poetique (1953)[8]
  • Veil Dance[9]
  • Waltz[9]

References
  1. "U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current - Ancestry.com". search.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  2. Cohen, Aaron I. International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  3. Krohn, Ernst Christopher (1924). A Century of Missouri Music. Privately printed.
  4. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1949). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  5. "Inventory of the Christopher A. Reynolds Collection of Women's Song". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  6. "imslp.org nannie louise wright - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  7. "Sheet Music Catalog - Music Library - University of South Carolina". delphi.tcl.sc.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  8. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1953). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  9. "YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-06-24.


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