| Mildred Adair | |
| Birth Name: | Mildred Grace Adair |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1895 |
| Birth Place: | Clayton, Alabama, US |
| Death Place: | Miami, Florida |
| List Of Works: | List of compositions |
Mildred Grace Adair (August 5, 1895 – April 30, 1943), later Mildred Grace Adair Stagg, was an American composer, pianist and teacher. Her compositions were mostly for piano solo, although she also wrote vocal and organ works. They were composed primarily as instructional material, while her church music was published for liturgical use.
Mildred Grace Adair was born on August 5, 1895, in Clayton, Alabama, US. Her parents were John D. Adair (1869–1897) and Carrie Bennett Adair (1873–1926); Adair's father died two years after her birth. Her childhood was spent in Dothan, Alabama, where she attended local high school and later Judson College, a private women's school in Marion, Alabama.
Adair was a composer, pianist and teacher. From 1910 to 1934, she gave music lessons in Dothan, and later worked as the organist for the city's First Baptist Church. She also chaired Dothan's Harmony Club. Around 1934, Adair married Loring G. Stagg (born 1882), a real estate agent from West Virginia; the couple had three children: a son and two daughters. In 1935, the family moved to Orange County, Florida for one year and lived in Miami form 1938 until her death. Adair died on April 30, 1943, in Miami; she was buried in the Dothan City Cemetery.
Adair's compositions mainly include piano works, although she also wrote art songs and church music. Her piano works were primarily instructional compositions for students, while her sacred music was published for liturgical use. In 1932, an image of her was included in The Etude music magazine alongside a wide variety of other composers for their "Historical Musical Portrait Series". The Theodore Presser Company published both The Etude and numerous works by Adair.
| + List of compositions by Mildred Adair | ||||||
| Title | Genre | Publisher | OCLC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Day's Journey Score | 1926 | Piano | Willis Music Co. | – | ||
| A Good Girl: Musical Recitation | 1922 | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | ? | Theodore Presser | ||
| A Heron in Flight | 1940 | Piano | Theodore Presser | |||
| A Picture of a Fan | 1930 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| A Summer Song | 1924 | 2 pianos | Willis Music Co. | |||
| All on a Summer's Day | 1930 | Piano | Hatch Music Co. | |||
| Birds of all Feathers | 1936 | Orchestral | Theodore Presser | |||
| Boys at Play: For Piano. | 1928 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| By the Lake | 1932 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| Cart-Wheels | 1930 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| Cured: Musical Recitation Score | 1922 | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | ? | Theodore Presser | ||
| Dance of the Daffodils | 1934 | Piano | Oliver Ditson | |||
| Fairy Kisses | 1934 | Piano | Oliver Ditson | |||
| Finger Drills | 1929 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | – | ||
| Five Little Tunes for Little Fingers | data-sort-value="9999" | ? | Piano (left hand) | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | ? | – |
| From Many Lands | 1933 | Orchestral | Theodore Presser | |||
| Happy and Gay | 1926 | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | ? | Willis Music Co. | ||
| I Feel Like Dancing. | 1935 | Piano | Theodore Presser | – | ||
| In Camp | 1931 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| In the Candy Shop: Musical Sketch | 1925 | Piano | Theodore Presser | |||
| Indian Warriors | 1928 | Piano | Shattinger | – | ||
| Jumping Jack | 1927 | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | ? | Willis Music Co. | ||
| Jumping Jack: Two Silhouettes | 1925 | Piano | Willis Music Co. | |||
| Little Songs for Little Singers | 1926 | Voice | Standard Publishing | |||
| Little Voices Praise Him | 1926 | Voice | Standard Publishing | – | ||
| Melody Pastime | 1930 | Piano | Shattinger | – | ||
| Melody Pastime | 1930 | Piano | Shattinger Piano & Music Co. | |||
| Mermaids | 1927 | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | ? | Clayton F. Summy Co. | ||
| Merry moods: Seven Pianoforte Duets | 1925 | Piano | Warren & Phillips | |||
| More Songs for Little Singers | 1930 | Voice | Standard Publishing | |||
| Night Song | 1931 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | – | ||
| On the Trestle: Piano Solo | 1928 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| Pine Trees: A Forest Fantasy | 1932 | Piano | Carl Fischer Music | |||
| Playtime Book for the Pianoforte | 1928 | Piano | Theodore Presser | |||
| Playing Hopscotch | 1938 | Piano | Theodore Presser | |||
| Playing Soldier | 1925 | Piano | Theodore Presser | |||
| Sea Foam (A Pleasing Glissando Recreation | 1925 | Piano | Willis Music Co. | |||
| Sambo's Defense: Musical Reading | 1925 | Speech/piano | Eldridge Entertainment House | |||
| Song of the Pines | 1925 | Piano | Theodore Presser | |||
| Song of the Seed | 1964? | Voice | Standard Publishing | – | ||
| Spanish Moss, a Southern Idyl | 1931 | Piano | Carl Fischer | |||
| Summer Pleasures: Five Pieces | 1925 | Piano | Theodore Presser | – | ||
| Sunset Hour | 1930 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| Take Care of Mother for Me Score | 1918 | Voice? | Frances Cater | |||
| The Acrobat | 1933 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| The Alligator: A Zoo-Land Episode | 1931 | Piano | Carl Fischer | |||
| The Alligator: a Zoo-Land Episode | 1931 | Piano | Carl Fischer Music | |||
| The Cello: Piano Solo | 1929 | Piano | Boston Music Co. | |||
| Three Happy Piano Pieces | 1934 | Piano | Oliver Ditson | – | ||
| Two Little Dancers | 1934 | Piano | Theodore Presser | |||
| Up Hill and Down | 1926 | Piano | Willis Music | |||
| Vesper Hymn | 1925 | Piano | Theodore Presser | |||
| When Evening Shadows Fall | 1927 | Piano | Willis Music Co | |||
| When the Sun Hangs Low | 1926 | Piano | Willis Music Co. | |||
| With a Dance and a Song | 1929 | data-sort-value="ZZZZ" | ? | Boston Music Co. | ||
| Wooden Soldiers on Parade | 1934 | Piano | Oliver Ditson |