Mildred Adair

Mildred Adair
Adair sometime before 1932; published by The Etude[1]
Born
Mildred Grace Adair

(1895-08-05)August 5, 1895
Clayton, Alabama, US
DiedApril 30, 1943(1943-04-30) (aged 47)
Miami, Florida
Occupations
  • Composer
  • pianist
  • teacher
WorksList of compositions

Mildred Grace Adair (August 5, 1895 – April 30, 1943), later Mildred Grace Adair Stagg, was an American composer, pianist and teacher.[2] Her compositions were mostly for piano solo, although she also wrote vocal and organ works. They were composed primarily as instructional material, while her church music was published for liturgical use.

Life and career

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Mildred Grace Adair was born on August 5, 1895, in Clayton, Alabama, US.[2][3] Her parents were John D. Adair (1869–1897) and Carrie Bennett Adair (1873–1926); Adair's father died two years after her birth.[4][3] Her childhood was spent in Dothan, Alabama, where she attended local high school and later Judson College, a private women's school in Marion, Alabama.[4]

Adair was a composer, pianist and teacher.[2][5] From 1910 to 1934, she gave music lessons in Dothan, and later worked as the organist for the city's First Baptist Church.[3][4] She also chaired Dothan's Harmony Club.[3] Around 1934, Adair married Loring G. Stagg (born 1882), a real estate agent from West Virginia;[3] the couple had three children: a son and two daughters.[6] In 1935, the family moved to Orange County, Florida for one year and lived in Miami form 1938 until her death.[3] Adair died on April 30, 1943, in Miami;[6] she was buried in the Dothan City Cemetery.[3]

Adair's compositions mainly include piano works, although she also wrote art songs and church music.[2] Her piano works were primarily instructional compositions for students, while her sacred music was published for liturgical use.[6] In 1932, an image of her was included in The Etude music magazine alongside a wide variety of other composers for their "Historical Musical Portrait Series".[5][1] The Theodore Presser Company published both The Etude and numerous works by Adair.[3]

List of compositions

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List of compositions by Mildred Adair[2][3]
Title Year Genre Publisher OCLC
A Day's Journey[a]
Score 		1926 Piano Willis Music Co. –
A Good Girl: Musical Recitation 1922 ? Theodore Presser OCLC 498247036
A Heron in Flight 1940 Piano Theodore Presser OCLC 1004394890
A Picture of a Fan 1930 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 1400081726
A Summer Song 1924 2 pianos Willis Music Co. OCLC 720144984
All on a Summer's Day 1930 Piano Hatch Music Co. OCLC 1400082172
Birds of all Feathers 1936 Orchestral Theodore Presser OCLC 1023863855
Boys at Play: For Piano. 1928 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 498246907
By the Lake 1932 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 1400080645
Cart-Wheels 1930 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 1346945704
Cured: Musical Recitation
Score 		1922 ? Theodore Presser OCLC 498246945
Dance of the Daffodils 1934 Piano Oliver Ditson OCLC 1374342390
Fairy Kisses 1934 Piano Oliver Ditson OCLC 1374342383
Finger Drills[b] 1929 Piano Boston Music Co. –
Five Little Tunes for Little Fingers ? Piano
(left hand) 		? –
From Many Lands[c] 1933 Orchestral Theodore Presser OCLC 179236564
Happy and Gay 1926 ? Willis Music Co. OCLC 498246966
I Feel Like Dancing. 1935 Piano Theodore Presser –
In Camp 1931 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 179299268
In the Candy Shop: Musical Sketch 1925 Piano Theodore Presser OCLC 720141066
Indian Warriors 1928 Piano Shattinger –
Little Songs for Little Singers 1926 Voice Standard Publishing OCLC 13369515
Little Voices Praise Him 1926 Voice Standard Publishing –
Melody Pastime[d] 1930 Piano Shattinger –
Melody Pastime 1930 Piano Shattinger Piano & Music Co. OCLC 1052844
Mermaids 1927 ? Clayton F. Summy Co. OCLC 498247053
Merry moods: Seven Pianoforte Duets 1925 Piano Warren & Phillips OCLC 730052730
More Songs for Little Singers 1930 Voice Standard Publishing OCLC 18654307
Night Song 1931 Piano Boston Music Co. –
On the Trestle: Piano Solo 1928 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 498247081
Pine Trees: A Forest Fantasy 1932 Piano Carl Fischer Music OCLC 179298967
Playtime Book for the Pianoforte 1928 Piano Theodore Presser OCLC 34129394
Playing Hopscotch 1938 Piano Theodore Presser OCLC 1003861384
Playing Soldier 1925 Piano Theodore Presser OCLC 655808005
Sea Foam (A Pleasing Glissando Recreation 1925 Piano Willis Music Co. OCLC 655862761
Sambo's Defense: Musical Reading 1925 Speech/piano Eldridge Entertainment House OCLC 518237894
Song of the Pines 1925 Piano Theodore Presser OCLC 1268033248
Song of the Seed 1964? Voice Standard Publishing –
Spanish Moss, a Southern Idyl 1931 Piano Carl Fischer OCLC 810613076
Summer Pleasures: Five Pieces 1925 Piano Theodore Presser –
Sunset Hour 1930 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 1346943061
Take Care of Mother for Me
Score 		1918 Voice Frances Cater OCLC 9950062
The Acrobat 1933 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 1400084869
The Alligator: A Zoo-Land Episode 1931 Piano Carl Fischer OCLC 179292215
The Alligator: a Zoo-Land Episode 1931 Piano Carl Fischer Music OCLC 179292215
The Cello: Piano Solo 1929 Piano Boston Music Co. OCLC 179298992
Three Happy Piano Pieces 1934 Piano Oliver Ditson –
Two Little Dancers 1934 Piano Theodore Presser OCLC 52076046
Two Silhouettes: Jumping Jack 1927 Piano Willis Music Co. OCLC 498247116
Two Silhouettes: When Evening Shadows Fall
Score 		1927 Piano Willis Music Co OCLC 498247157
Up Hill and Down 1926 Piano Willis Music OCLC 179294770
Vesper Hymn 1925 Piano Theodore Presser OCLC 52469029
When the Sun Hangs Low 1926 Piano Willis Music Co. OCLC 498247003
With a Dance and a Song 1929 ? Boston Music Co. OCLC 498247139
Wooden Soldiers on Parade 1934 Piano Oliver Ditson OCLC 898310791

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Described as "Three Episodes for Young Pianists"
  2. ^ Described as "Eighteen Illustrated Pieces for Bright Pupils to Play and Name"
  3. ^ Described as "A Musical Sketch for Chorus, Piano, Violin, Rhythmic Orchestra"
  4. ^ Described as "18 Attractive Study Pieces for Piano"

Citations

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  1. ^ a b The Etude 1928, p. 84.
  2. ^ a b c d e Cohen 1987, p. 6.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Brie 2005.
  4. ^ a b c Dothan Eagle 1943.
  5. ^ a b Stern 1978, p. 31.
  6. ^ a b c The Miami Herald 1943.

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