Ann Wyeth McCoy explained

American composer, pianist and painter Ann Wyeth McCoy (March 15, 1915 - November 10, 2005) was the youngest daughter of artist-illustrator N.C. Wyeth and the fourth of his five children. She was born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.[1]

Life and career

McCoy had a life-long interest in antique porcelain dolls, which began in 1923 when she received her first doll as a gift from her parents on her eighth birthday. Each subsequent birthday and Christmas during her childhood, she received another doll. From 1972 to 2004 her doll collection was exhibited at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford during the Christmas holidays.

McCoy studied piano with William Hatton Greene, composition with Harl McDonald at the University of Pennsylvania,[2] and painting with her father.[3] In 1934 her composition Christmas Fantasy was performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, with Leopold Stokowski conducting. In 1935, she married John W. McCoy II, a young artist whom she had met when he studied with her father at the Chadds Ford studio. They had three children, John Denys, Anna Brelsford, and Maude Robin. McCoy did not begin painting seriously until her children grew up. The first formal exhibition of her work, mainly watercolors, was in the late 1960s. The Brandywine River Museum has an Ann Wyeth McCoy collection, which contains correspondence, photographs, musical compositions, sound recordings, and her early drawings. The collection also details her interest in antique porcelain dolls.[4]

McCoy composed many songs for special people or occasions, such as a tribute to a White House dinner honoring her brother Andrew Wyeth; lullabies for the children of friends and family; and songs about art such as her brother's paintings or a sculpture by Degas. She also set poetry to music for piano.[5]

Works

Her musical compositions include:[6]

Orchestra

Piano

Vocal

See also

References

  1. Web site: Chris Beetles Gallery. 2020-06-21. www.chrisbeetles.com.
  2. Web site: Kile Smith • composer. 2020-06-21. Kile Smith • composer. en-US.
  3. Web site: McCoy. Ann. obituaries. 21 June 2020. Legacy.com.
  4. Web site: Ann Wyeth McCoy Collection – Bibliography – Collections. 2020-06-21. collections.brandywine.org. en.
  5. Web site: Music of Ann Wyeth McCoy. 2020-06-21. Wyeth Walks. en.
  6. Book: Cohen, Aaron I.. International encyclopedia of women composers. 1987 . 0-9617485-2-4. Second edition, revised and enlarged. New York. 16714846.
  7. Web site: Garza. Tamanya. Marketing. Specialist. Social Media. 2017-07-14. I Dream of This World: Musician Catherine Marie Charlton on Her Wyeth-Inspired Album. 2020-06-21. Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art. en.
  8. Web site: The Music of Early 20th-Century Women Composers. 2020-06-21. Farnsworth Art Museum. en-US.
  9. Web site: 'Wyeth McCoy' film event at Strand - Knox VillageSoup. 2020-06-21. knox.villagesoup.com.

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