Marie Townsend Explained

Mary Mansfield Townsend Allen (July 16, 1851 – July 2, 1912)^[1] was an American author and composer^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} who published her works under the names Marie Townsend^[6] and Mansfield Townsend.^{[7] [8]}

Townsend was born in Canton, Pennsylvania, to Mary Ann Sharpe and Herman Townsend. She married William LeBaron Gibbs Allen on November 2, 1869, in Kidder, Missouri.

Townsend's publications^[9] include:

Opera

• Hawaii^{[10] [11] [12]}

Plays

• Bobs and Nabobs: A Domestic Drama in Four Acts^[13]
• Ceramics, a Summer Idyll: An Original Comedy in Five Acts^[14]

Songs

• "Hammock Song"^[15]
• "Summer Days"^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Allen. Mary Mansfield Townsend. ancestry.com. June 25, 2021.
2. Book: Hixon, Donald L.. Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. 1993. Scarecrow Press. Don A. Hennessee. 0-8108-2769-7. 2nd. Metuchen, N.J.. 28889156.
3. Book: Neumann, Erich Peter. Women in American Music: A Bibliography of Music and Literature. 1979. Greenwood Press. 978-0-313-21410-3. en.
4. Book: The Musical Mainstream. 1979. The Service. en.
5. Book: Brüchle, Bernhard. Horn Bibliographie.. 1970. Heinrichshofen. 3-7959-0025-5. Wilhelmshaven. 271548.
6. Book: Wier, Albert Ernest. The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. 1938. Macmillan. en.
7. Book: Cohen, Aaron I.. International encyclopedia of women composers. 1987. 0-9617485-2-4. Second edition, revised and enlarged. New York. 16714846.
8. Book: Drone, Jeanette Marie. Musical AKAs : assumed names and sobriquets of composers, songwriters, librettists, lyricists, hymnists, and writers on music. 2007. 978-0-8108-5739-1. Lanham, Maryland. 62858081.
9. Book: Ebel, Otto. Women Composers: a biographical handbook of woman's work in music. 2009. Kessinger Publ. 978-0-548-80352-3. Breinigsville, Pa. 838042094.
10. Book: Stern, Susan. Women composers : a handbook. 1978. Scarecrow Press. 0-8108-1138-3. Metuchen, N.J.. 3844725.
11. Book: Kirk, Elise Kuhl. American Opera. 2001. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-02623-2. en.
12. Book: Office, Library of Congress Copyright. Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916 .... 1918. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.
13. Book: Sutro, Florence Edith Clinton. Women in music and law.. 1895. New York. 2027/nnc1.0023976950.
14. Web site: Marie Townsend Allen. 2021-06-27. www.goodreads.com.
15. Book: Stewart-Green, Miriam. Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice. 1980. G.K. Hall. 978-0-8161-8498-9. en.
16. Book: Laurence, Anya. Women of Note: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. Richards Rosen Press Inc.. 1978. New York. 31.