Margaret Viola Wigham (February 3, 1904 – April 17, 1972) was a composer, music educator and pianist, born in Minnesota.[1] She was nationally known as a mid-century composer of student piano pieces.[2] Her pieces often had an educational focus such as chromaticism, counterpoint, learning to play in different keys, or using each hand independently.[3] Her works were published by Oliver Ditson Co., Willis Music, Harold Flammer Inc, Belwin Inc, and R. D. Row.[4] They were also published in Braille and made available through the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.[5]
Her compositions include:
Orchestra
edit- Concerto for Two Pianos[6]
Piano
edit- Bachette
- By the Little Mill[7]
- Carefree[8]
- Fun with a Hoop
- Gay Caprice[9]
- Happitat[10]
- Hop Along My Little Froggie[11]
- In the Chapel
- Introduction and Sonatina
- Just Before Dawn
- Little Prelude[12]
- Merrily Over the Waves We Go
- Musical Moods in All Keys[13]
- Musical Playmates
- Now It's Time to Run and Play
- O So Happy
- Old Cowboy Trail[14]
- On Swan Lake
- Puppet Mischief[15]
- Rhapsody[16]
- Scampering Whole Steps
- Scherzino
Vocal
edit- “I Wonder Where the Robins Go?” (words by Margaret Wigham and Wilma Wigham)
References
edit- ^ "Register". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ^ Laudon, Robert T. (2000). Minnesota Music Teachers Association: The Profession & the Community, 1901-2000. The Association. ISBN 978-0-9679777-0-6.
- ^ Presser, Theodore (1956). Etude: The Music Magazine. T. Presser Company.
- ^ Hinson, Maurice (July 9, 2001). Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-11306-1.
- ^ "Piano Scores, Braille: Composers Rachmaninoff through Zuschneid". National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) | Library of Congress. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1952). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
- ^ Clavier: A Magazine for Pianists & Organists. Instrumentalist Company. 1966.
- ^ Musart. The Association. 1967.
- ^ The Piano Quarterly. Piano Quarterly, Incorporated. 1965.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1953). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1951). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
- ^ The American Music Teacher. Music Teachers' National Association. 1969.
- ^ "Front Matter". Bulletin of the Music Teachers National Association. 15 (1). 1950. ISSN 2380-9051. JSTOR 43528428.
- ^ Piano Quarterly Newsletter. Piano Teachers Information Service. 1953.
- ^ "Wigham, Margaret (composer) (page 1 of 1)". Presto Sheet Music. Retrieved August 18, 2020.