Anice Potter Terhune Explained

Anice Morris Stockton Terhune^[1] (October 27, 1873 – November 9, 1964)^[2] was an American author, composer,^[3] music educator, and church organist,^[4] who composed over 100 children's songs.^[5] She was known as "Annie,"^[6] and sometimes published under the pseudonym Morris Stockton.^[7]

Terhune was born in Hampden, Massachusetts,^[8] to Elizabeth Morris Olmstead and John Potter Stockton. She married Albert Payson Terhune in 1901.^[9]

Terhune studied piano, organ, and music theory at the Cleveland Conservatory^[10] and in New York and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She was fluent in French and Italian. Her teachers included Franklin Bassett, Edward Morris Bowman, and Louis Coenen.^[11]

Terhune wrote articles for women's magazines as well as books. Her book Home Musical Education for Children was syndicated throughout the United States. She belonged to the MacDowell Club and the Pen Women's League. She hosted lectures in her home, including one by Kate Sanborn.^[12]

Terhune's works were published by Arthur P. Schmidt, Clayton F. Summy, G. Schirmer Inc.,^[13] John Church Co., and Oliver Ditson. Her publications included:

Books

• Across the Line (autobiography)^{[14] [15]}
• Ballade of Dead Ladies (memoir)^[16]
• Chinese Child's Day^[17]
• Eye of a Village
• Home Musical Education for Children
• Music Study for Children^[18]
• Schirmer's Music Spelling Book

Opera

• Hero Nero^[19]
• Woodland Princess^[20]

Piano

• Child's Kaleidoscope (16 pieces)
• Country Sketches (12 pieces)
• (The) Hill
• Little Dream Horse
• Romance in G Major
• Songs of Summer (six pieces)
• Suite for Piano (six pieces)

Vocal

• "Arrivederci: Italian Serenade"^[21]
• Barnyard Ballads
• "Bridal Song"
• Children's Songs from Many Countries
• Colonial Carols
• Dutch Ditties
• "Easter Morn"
• "Exaltation"
• "Faith: A Sacred Song"
• "Gaelic Lullaby"
• "In an Old Garden"
• Our Very Own: a Songbook for Children
• "Snow White Gull"
• Song at Dusk (men's chorus)
• Songs of Our Streets
• "Syrian Woman's Lament" ^[22]
• "When Summer Keeps the Vow of Spring"

Notes and References

1. Book: Wier, Albert Ernest. The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians. 1938. Macmillan. en.
2. Book: Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. 1991. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-26802-1. en.
3. Book: Stern, Susan. Women composers : a handbook. 1978. Scarecrow Press. 0-8108-1138-3. Metuchen, N.J.. 3844725.
4. Web site: Anice Morris "Annie" Stockton Terhune (1873-1964).... 2021-08-03. www.findagrave.com. en.
5. Book: International Who's who in Music and Musical Gazetteer. 1918. Current Literature Publishing Company. en.
6. Web site: Terhune. Anice Potter. ancestry.com. 2 Aug 2021.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Book: Thompson, Oscar. The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. 1985. Dodd, Mead. 978-0-396-08412-9. en.
10. Book: McVicker, Mary F.. Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. 2016-08-04. McFarland. 978-1-4766-2361-0. en.
11. Book: Cohen, Aaron I.. International encyclopedia of women composers. 1987. 0-9617485-2-4. Second edition, revised and enlarged. New York. 16714846.
12. Book: Who's who Among North American Authors. 1925. Golden Syndicate Publishing Company. en.
13. Terhune. Anice. 1910. Song at dusk : chorus for men's voices with piano accompaniment / [words and music by] Anice Terhune.].
14. Web site: Anice Morris Stockton Terhune. 2021-08-03. www.librarything.com.
15. Book: Anderson, Ruth. Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary. 1976. G.K. Hall. 0-8161-1117-0. Boston. 2035024.
16. Book: Laurence, Anya. Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. Richards Rosen Press Inc.. 1978. 9780823904631. New York. 31.
17. Book: Baker. Theodore. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. Remy. Alfred. 1919. G. Schirmer. en.
18. Book: Leonard, John William. Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. 1914. American Commonwealth Company. en.
19. Web site: Opera Composers: T. 2021-08-03. opera.stanford.edu.
20. Book: Borroff, Edith. American operas : a checklist. 1992. Harmonie Park Press. J. Bunker Clark. 0-89990-063-1. Warren, Mich.. 26809841.
21. Book: Office, Library of Congress Copyright. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1956. en.
22. Book: Stewart-Green, Miriam. Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. 1980. G.K. Hall. 0-8161-8498-4. Boston, Mass.. 6815939.