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Mildred Adair

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Adair was a composer, pianist and teacher. From 1910 to 1934, she gave music lessons in Dothan, and later worked as the organist for the city's First Baptist Church. She also chaired Dothan's Harmony Club. Around 1934, Adair married Loring G. Stagg (born 1882), a real estate agent from West Virginia;
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mainly include piano works, although she also wrote art songs and church music. Her piano works were primarily instructional compositions for students, while her sacred music was published for liturgical use. In 1932, an image of her was included in
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music magazine alongside a wide variety of other composers for their "Historical Musical Portrait Series". The
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form 1938 until her death. Adair died on April 30, 1943, in Miami; she was buried in the Dothan City Cemetery.
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the couple had three children: a son and two daughters. In 1935, the family moved to
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Described as "A Musical Sketch for Chorus, Piano, Violin, Rhythmic Orchestra"
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Described as "Eighteen Illustrated Pieces for Bright Pupils to Play and Name"
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Described as "18 Attractive Study Pieces for Piano"
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Index


The Etude
Clayton, Alabama
Miami
List of compositions
Clayton, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama
Judson College
Marion, Alabama
Orange County, Florida
Miami
Adair's compositions
The Etude
Theodore Presser Company
Score
Theodore Presser
OCLC
498247036
Theodore Presser
OCLC
1004394890
OCLC
1400081726
OCLC
720144984
OCLC
1400082172
Theodore Presser
OCLC
1023863855

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