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617: 474: 418: 377: 250:, a composer who was the first woman to sell over a million copies of her own sheet music. Critics have stated that Housman "shows much originality in composition, adhering to the modern idiom, though occasionally reverting too strongly to change of key." 86:(June 25, 1888 – October 28, 1949) was an American composer of mostly songs and chamber music, journalist, and lecturer. Many of her compositions were sung by notable musicians. She received praise and some criticism of her work. 130:
Housman wrote more than 100 compositions, which were performed in a variety of concerts and on the radio in the United States and England. Three songs that Housman had composed were sung by
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concluded with "All three songs spell success". Her work was praised by various musicians and publications, with reviews from
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stated that, "The modulations in this song are quite remarkable; in fact, the whole harmonic design is full of color".
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for the violin and piano, as well as wrote songs for the piano that also included
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was written for a medium voice in multiple variations of tones and
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Radcliffe Institute For Advanced Study Harvard University
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Bowker Company. p.  672:University of California alumni 647:19th-century American composers 439:. A. Metzger. 1918. p. 12. 682:20th-century American pianists 652:19th-century American pianists 490:Music News, Volume 13, Issue 2 401:. October 30, 1949. p. 14 396:"S. F. Composer Dies In N. Y." 1: 567:Earle, Susan (May 22, 2017). 537:The Musical Monitor, Volume 8 457:. August 29, 1920. p. 78 149:Housman interviewed composer 667:Composers from San Francisco 297:How to use archival material 662:Pianists from San Francisco 598:The San Francisco Chronicle 399:The San Francisco Chronicle 360:. June 11, 1933. p. 32 703: 553:Musical America, Volume 29 455:The San Francisco Examiner 358:The San Francisco Examiner 285:Rosalie Housman collection 600:. July 6, 1919. p. 6 487:Housman, Rosalie (1921). 177:service. Her composition 39:San Francisco, California 320:I. Cohen, Aaron (1981). 100:University of California 534:Golde, Water (1918). 116:Walter Henry Rothwell 98:. She studied at the 354:"Lecture by Housman" 230:is for a low voice. 240:The Musical Monitor 228:The Rim of the Moon 216:The Musical Monitor 206:The Rim of the Moon 146:, and Mary Jordan. 248:Carrie Jacobs-Bond 198:Dhan Gopal Mukerji 302: 301: 291: 290: 151:E. 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San Francisco, California
New York City
San Francisco
University of California
Arthur Foote
Ernest Bloch
Oscar Weil
Walter Henry Rothwell
New York City
Clarinda Smith
Florence Macbeth
Florence Easton
Sara Teasdale
E. Robert Schmitz
chamber music
choral
synagogue
gong
soprano
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
coloratura
Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Music Division, Library of Congress
Rosalie Housman collection
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International Encyclopedia of Women Composers

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