{{Short description|American composer and musician}} '''Addie Anderson Wilson''' (August 17, 1876 – October 8, 1966) was an American composer, organist and carillonist<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kirk|first=Elise Kuhl|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIPDlKlchQ0C&dq=addie+anderson+wilson&pg=PA110|title=American Opera|date=2001|publisher=University of Illinois Press|isbn=978-0-252-02623-2|language=en}}</ref> who was born in Lawrenceville, Alabama, and lived in Alabama for most of her life.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hixon, Donald L.|title=Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography|date=1993|publisher=Scarecrow Press|others=Hennessee, Don A.|isbn=0-8108-2769-7|edition=2nd|location=Metuchen, N.J.|oclc=28889156}}</ref> She studied music with Mary Carr Moore and M. Wilson.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cohen, Aaron I.|title=International encyclopedia of women composers|year=1987|isbn=0-9617485-2-4|edition=Second edition, revised and enlarged|location=New York|oclc=16714846}}</ref> She married William Sidney Wilson on November 9, 1892, and they had one son.
==Life and career== Wilson was active in civic affairs and music organizations, winning awards and holding several elected positions, such as:
*First Vice President, Alabama Federation of Music Clubs<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Clubs|first1=Alabama Federation of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g0BLAAAAYAAJ&q=addie+anderson+wilson|title=Musical Alabama|last2=Thomas|first2=Margaret Flor|date=1925|publisher=Paragon Press|language=en}}</ref> *President, Harmony Club of Dothan, Alabama<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ward|first=Lucile Parrish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJXkAAAAMAAJ&q=addie+anderson+wilson|title=A Musical Legacy of 100 Years: A History of the National Federation of Music Clubs|date=1995|publisher=A Press|isbn=978-1-884416-11-8|language=en}}</ref> *President, Music Study Club *Woman of the Year, Dothan, Alabama<ref>{{Cite book|last=International|first=Rotary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dEAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=addie+anderson+wilson&pg=PA52|title=The Rotarian|date=1956|publisher=Rotary International|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref>
== Works == Wilson composed several operettas and piano pieces, which were initially published by George Willig & Co and Carl Fischer Music. She also composed:
=== Piano === *"Southern Breezes"<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ijHQAAAAMAAJ&dq=addie+anderson+wilson&pg=PA657|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions|date=1909|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref>
=== Vocal === *"Apple Blossoms" *"Evening Song" *"Faith" (text from Mark X:36–52)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Composers|url=https://watchfiremusic.com/composers/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Watchfire Music|language=en-US}}</ref> *"Goodnight, Mr. Moon"<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N-U6AQAAMAAJ&q=addie+anderson+wilson|title=The Music Magazine-musical Courier|date=1922|language=en}}</ref> *"Hi, Mr. Sunshine" *"I Will Give You Rest" (a cappella chorus; text from Matthew XI:28–30)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Office|first=Library of Congress Copyright|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KjAhAQAAIAAJ|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=1953|language=en}}</ref> *"Lullaby" *"Under the Rose" (words by Richard Henry Stoddard)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c5QxAQAAMAAJ&dq=addie+anderson+wilson+opera&pg=PA1112|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions|date=1920|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref> *"Whenever Skies are Gray"
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