Gertrude Hoag Wilson

Gertrude Hoag Spindle Wilson (March 1, 1888 – September 7, 1968)[1] was an American composer and pianist, born in Christiansburg, Virginia.[2] She studied music at Randolph Macon Woman's College and with Harry Rowe Shelley at the American Institute of Applied Music in New York City, where she earned a teacher's certificate.[3] She married Alfred Randolph Wilson in 1910[4] and had four children, then married Paul Winfred Kear in 1960.[5]

Wilson taught at the Blackstone Female Institute in Blackstone, Virginia, then became the director of music at Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. She made several concert appearances as a solo pianist and as an accompanist. Her compositions were published by Harold Flammer, which was acquired by Shawnee Press, Inc., in 1970.[6]

Wilson's compositions included:

Chamber
  • quartets
  • 2, 3, and 4 part fugues for piano
  • trios

Vocal
  • Kisses
  • other songs

References
  1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. International Who's Who in Music and Musical Gazetteer: A Contemporary Biographical Dictionary and a Record of the World's Musical Activity. Current Literature Publishing Company. 1918.
  4. World Who's who in Commerce and Industry. Institute for Research in Biography. 1957.
  5. "U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current - Ancestry.com". search.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  6. "Shawnee Press - About". www.shawneepress.com. Retrieved 2020-08-02.
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