Pauline Brutting Story[1] (September 1870 - June 10, 1952)[2] was an American composer[3] and publisher who wrote ragtime pieces for piano and patriotic songs[4] during World War I, including one based on a text by Helen Keller.[5]

Biography

Story was born in Cincinnati, Ohio,[6] where she attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She married John F. Story in 1890, and they had four children.[7] She lived in New York City before moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1927.[2]

Story’s Dance of the Frowsy Heads was recorded commercially by Columbia in 1913.[8] She published some of her own music under the imprints of “P.B. Story” and “Story’s Music House,” which in 1918 was located at 111 E. 176th St New York City.[5] Her music was also published by William H. Anstead,[9] Brehm Brothers,[10] Gordon & Sons, Frank Harding,[5] Howley, Haviland and Dresser, Philip Kussel,[11] Frank K. Root,[12] and M. Witmark & Sons.[1]

Compositions

Piano

Vocal

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Tired out!". oregondigital.org. Oregon Digital. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  2. ^ a b "11 Jun 1952, 22 - Tampa Bay Times at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  3. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  4. ^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "94 Pauline story Images: PICRYL Public Domain Search". PICRYL. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  6. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
  7. ^ "Pauline Brutting Story - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  8. ^ a b "Story, Pauline B. - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  9. ^ a b Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1902). Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C. Treasury Department.
  10. ^ The Musician. Hatch Music Company. 1905.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1899.
  12. ^ a b c "Female Composers of Ragtime by Ted Tjaden". www.ragtimepiano.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  13. ^ "Trove". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  14. ^ The Etude. T. Presser. 1900.
  15. ^ Holloway, Diane (2001-08-01). American History in Song: Lyrics from 1900 to 1945. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4697-0453-1.
  16. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1922). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical Compositions. Part 3. Library of Congress.

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