Constance Cochnower Virtue Explained

Constance Cochnower Virtue (6 January 1905 – 21 February 1992) was an American composer and organist[1] who developed a musical notation system called the Virtue Notagraph.

Life and career

Virtue was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Robert and Edith Rankin Cochnower. She married Navy doctor Clark W. Virtue[2] and they had two children, Christie and Robert.[3]

Virtue received a B.M. from the University of Cincinnati in 1927,[4] and a master's degree in sacred music from the Union Theological Seminary in New York in 1945. She gave private piano and organ lessons and taught at Grossmont College from 1961 to 1963. She also served as the organist/music director at several churches in New York and California. In 1968, she toured as the pianist with an opera program for Alaska Music Trails.[5]

Virtue developed the Notagraph, which has a seven-line staff,[6] in 1933 as a new system of musical notation. She trademarked the Notagraph and published two books about it: Design for a Modern Notation (1945)[7] [8] and Music without Accidents (1975).

Virtue was a member of Mu Phi Epsilon[9] and the American Guild of Organists.[10] Her papers are archived at the University of California San Diego Center for Research in Computing and the Arts.[11] Her music was published by H.W. Gray and G. Schirmer, Inc.

Works

Virtue's compositions include:

Chamber

Orchestra

Theater

Vocal

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Armstrong. Alice Catt. Who's who in California. Vitale. Sarah Alice. 1979 . Who's Who Historical Society. 9780960316601 . en.
  3. Web site: Virtue. Constance Cochnower. ancestry.com. live. 27 Feb 2021. ancestry.com. https://web.archive.org/web/19991127091334/http://www.ancestry.com:80/? . 1999-11-27 .
  4. Book: Who's Who of American Women. 1973. Marquis Who's Who. 978-0-8379-0409-2. en.
  5. Book: Cohen, Aaron I.. International encyclopedia of women composers. 1987. 0-9617485-2-4. Second edition, revised and enlarged. New York. 16714846.
  6. Web site: Notation. 2021-03-01. Grove Music Online. 2001. en. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20114. Bent. Ian D.. Hughes. David W.. Provine. Robert C.. Rastall. Richard. Kilmer. Anne. Hiley. David. Szendrei. Janka. Payne. Thomas B.. Bent. Margaret. Chew. Geoffrey. 9781561592630.
  7. Book: Office, Library of Congress Copyright. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1970: January-June. 1972. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. en.
  8. Book: Library, Union Theological Seminary (New York, N. Y.). Alphabetical Arrangement of Main Entries from the Shelf List. 1960. G. K. Hall. en.
  9. Web site: Composers & Authors. 2021-03-01. Mu Phi Epsilon Library & Archives. en.
  10. Book: Organists, American Guild of. Yearbook and Directory. 1936. en.
  11. Web site: Register of UC San Diego. Center for Research in Computing and the Arts Collection - RSS 1225. 2021-03-01. library.ucsd.edu.
  12. Book: Edlund, Harry. Music for solo violin unaccompanied : a catalogue of published and unpublished works from the seventeenth century to 1989. 1989. Peter Marcan Publications. Peter Marcan. 1-871811-02-3. High Wycombe, Bucks, England. 26317206.
  13. Book: Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. 1991. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-26802-1. en.
  14. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. 1943. Library of Congress, Copyright Office.. en.
  15. Web site: Constance Virtue - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive. 2021-03-01. www.lieder.net.

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