Kate Simmons
Emma Kate Simmons Flint (March 3, 1850 - March 8, 1926)[1] was an American composer[2] and philanthropist who is best known for her piano piece Racquet Galop,[3] which sold over 100,000 copies.[4] She published her music under the name Kate Simmons or E. Kate Simmons. Simmons was born in Troy, New York, to Mary Sophia Gleason and Joseph Ferris Simmons, a banker.[5] She married the successful businessman Charles Ranlett Flint in 1883[6] and they lived in Manhattan.[1] Little is known about Simmons’ education. She donated the money she made from her musical compositions to charity, endowing a bed at St. Luke’s Hospital with the proceeds from Racquet Galop.[5] Simmons’ music was published in America and internationally by Augener & Co., Carl Fischer Music, Charles Sheard & Co., Edwin Ashdown Ltd., Hachette & Co., and Oliver Ditson & Co.[7] Racquet Galop was arranged for various instruments by Winslow Lewis Hayden and L. Winner, among others.[5] Her compositions included:
Piano
- Berceuse (Cradle Song)[5]
- El Fresco Waltz[8]
- From East to West Waltz[5]
- Gigue Fantastique[5]
- Invincible Galop[5]
- Lawn Tennis Galop[5]
- Poste[5]
- Racquet Galop[9]
- Racquet Polka[7]
- Racquet Quickstep[7]
- Royal Fanfare Galop[5]
Voice
- "Good Bye" (text by F. W. Green; arranged by Alfred Lee)[5]
- Download sheet music for Racquet Galop by E. Kate Simmons
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ccm :: Simmons, Kate Simmons". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
- ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
- ↑ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
- ↑ Music & Drama. Music and Drama Publishing Company. 1882.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 "ccm :: Simmons, Kate Simmons". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ↑ Simmons, Kate (14 February 1934). "Times Union". Newspapers.com. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Hutchinson, Asa Burnham (1859). Hannah's at the Window Binding Shoes. Oliver Ditson & Company.
- ↑ Hampton's Magazine. Columbian-Sterling Publishing Company. 1910.
- ↑ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900. R. Rosen Press. OCLC 770809290.