Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie Explained

Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie (or Fauntleroy) (January 15, 1836  - May 17, 1911) was an American pianist, author and composer.

Biography

She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the granddaughter of Welsh industrial reformer Robert Owen. After her father's death, she studied composition and piano in Germany from 1852–61 and then returned to Indiana.

Faunt Le Roy married minister James Runcie and had four children. The couple lived in St. Joseph, Missouri, where Constance Runcie founded a woman's club to further cultural development of the area. Her daughter Ellinor Dale Runcie was also a writer. Her papers are housed at Missouri Western State University.^{[1] [2]}

Works

Constance Runcie is the author of works including short stories, plays and music compositions. Selected works include:Literary:

• The Burning Question non-fiction
• Divinely Led non-fiction
• Woman, an essay
• The Bab, a novel^[3]

She composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble and a number of songs. Selected works include:

• Hear Us, Oh, Hear Us
• Round the Throne
• Silence of the Sea
• Merry Life
• Tone Poems
• Take My Soul, Oh Lord
• I Never Told Him
• Dover of Peace
• I Hold My Heart So Still
• My Spirit Rests^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Constance Fauntleroy Runcie Collection. 30 December 2010. 14 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100714132430/http://www.library.missouriwestern.edu/constance_fauntleroy_runcie_coll.htm. dead.
2. Book: The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. 1994. W. W. Norton & Company . 9780393034875.
3. Web site: Constance Fauntleroy Runcie Digitized Collection. 30 December 2010. 12 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100712053243/http://libguides.missouriwestern.edu/cfr. dead.
4. Book: A hundred years of music in America: An account of musical effort in America. Mathews . William Smythe Babcock. Smythe. Granville L.. 30 December 2010. 1900.