Английская Википедия:Bertha Weber
Bertha Anna Weber (March 31, 1887 – April 17, 1961) was an American composer and organist.[1]
Life and career
Weber was born in New Baden, Illinois,[2] to John and Elizabeth Weber.[3] The family moved to Pomona, California, in 1887. Weber studied music at Pomona College, the University of Southern California, and in Europe.[4] She was an organist at Pomona First Presbyterian Church in 1907, and later at Trinity Methodist Church for a number of years. She moved to Berkeley and maintained a studio at the Hotel Claremont there from around 1924 until she moved to Oakland in 1947. She continued composing and giving music lessons and recitals[5] until her death in 1961, when she committed suicide by stepping in front of a train.[6] She was a member of the professional music fraternity Sigma Alpha Iota.[7]
Works
Weber's compositions were published by Willis Music Company.[8] They include:
Opera
- The Mysterious Characters of Mr. Fu (1932)[9]
Vocal
- "Abraham Lincoln"[10]
- "Angels and Shepherds Song"
- "Lincoln So Brave and True"
References
- Английская Википедия
- American women composers
- 1887 births
- 1961 deaths
- American opera composers
- Pomona College alumni
- Suicides by train
- 1961 suicides
- American organists
- American women organists
- Sigma Alpha Iota
- Suicides in the United States
- Female suicides
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