Alice Crane Williams Explained

Alice Crane Williams
Birth Name:Alice Ella Crane
Birth Date:August 29, 1879
Birth Place:Garrettsville, Ohio, U.S.
Death Date:October 24, 1964
Death Place:University Heights, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation:Composer, literary editor
Relatives:Hart Crane (nephew)

Alice Ella Crane Williams (August 29, 1879 – October 24, 1964) was an American composer and literary editor. She was president of the Composers and Authors Association of America.

Early life and education

Alice Crane was born in Garrettsville, Ohio, the daughter of Arthur Edward Crane and Ella M. Beardsley Crane. Her brother was confectioner Clarence Arthur Crane, the inventor of Life Savers candy,[1] and her nephew was poet Hart Crane.[2] She graduated from Hiram College,[3] and pursued further music studies in Europe.

Career

Crane was a pianist, composer, and lecturer.[4] Her compositions were called "quite modern in trend and of immense interest" by a 1926 publication.[5] She also taught music.[6]

Crane gave a performances of her recent works at the National League of American Pen Women conference in Washington in 1926,[7] and at the Poetry Society of America's annual concert in New York in 1927.[8] She was president of the Composers and Authors Association of America in the 1940s.[9] From 1945 to 1964, Williams edited American Weave, a literary journal based in Cleveland, with her husband, Loring Eugene Williams.[10]

Compositions

Personal life

Crane married Loring E. Williams in 1937. She died in 1964, at the age of 85, in University Heights, Ohio.[16] Loring Williams organized the Hart Crane and Alice Crane Williams Memorial Fund, to support literary publications, and an annual poetry award.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-05-11 . Life Savers. 2024-05-23 . Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University . en.
  2. Book: Bryer, Jackson R. . Sixteen Modern American Authors: Volume 2, a Survey of Research and Criticism Since 1972 . 1990 . Duke University Press . 978-0-8223-0976-5 . 82 . en.
  3. June 1899 . Among Our Schools and Teachers . The Musician . 4 . 6 . 235.
  4. August 1926 . Personalities: Alice Crane, A Natural Composer . Musical Advance . 14.
  5. November 26, 1926 . Alice Crane . Music News . 18 . 2 . 28.
  6. October 1927 . Alice Crane . Musical Observer . 26 . 10 . 40.
  7. January 1927 . Studio Notes . Musical Observer . 26 . 1 . 41.
  8. March 1927 . Untitled brief news item . Musical Observer . 26 . 3 . 45.
  9. News: 1946-06-07 . Convention of Composers and Authors Group Opens Here . 2024-05-25 . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . 12 . Newspapers.com.
  10. https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1784&context=maine_writers_correspondence Loring Eugene Williams Correspondence
  11. October 1, 1926 . Crane . Music News . 18 . 2 . 36.
  12. Web site: Alice Crane Williams Song Texts . 2024-05-23 . LiederNet.
  13. Book: United States Copyright Office . 1946-1954 Copyright Registration Cards (O-Z) . 1946.
  14. Book: United States Copyright Office . 1946-1954 Copyright Registration Cards (O-Z) . 1946.
  15. Book: Heinrich, Adel . Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog . 1991-06-30 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA . 978-0-313-38790-6 . en.
  16. News: 1964-10-26 . Williams . 2024-05-25 . The Plain Dealer . 45 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: Cook . Julia A. . 1967-09-28 . Helping Hand Extended to Poets by Loring Williams/Julia A. Cook . 2024-05-25 . Journal Tribune . 21.

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