Dee Libbey

'''Anastasia Delores Rohde Libbey''' (1 November 1919 ''–'' 4 July 1988) was an American composer<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stern |first=Susan |title=Women composers: a handbook |date=1978 |publisher=the Scarecrow press |isbn=978-0-8108-1138-6 |location=Metuchen London |pages=110}}</ref> who studied with Nadia Boulanger and wrote classical music as well as popular hit songs like "Mango".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers |date=1987 |publisher=Books & Music (USA) |isbn=978-0-9617485-0-0 |pages=597 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stewart-Green |first=Miriam |title=Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice |date=1980 |publisher=Hall |isbn=978-0-8161-8498-9 |series=A reference publication in women's studies |location=Boston, Mass |pages=104}}</ref> She published her music under the name '''Dee Libbey''' and the pseudonym '''Q'Adrianne Rohde'''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oinBBJ5pYa0C&q=Dee+Libbey+composer |title=Who's Who of American Women |date=1973 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who |isbn=978-0-8379-0409-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Drone |first=Jeanette Marie |title=Musical AKAs: assumed names and sobriquets of composers, songwriters, librettists, lyricists, hymnists, and writers on music |date=2007 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-5739-1 |location=Lanham, Md |pages=231, 567 |oclc=ocm62858081}}</ref>

==Life and career== Libbey was born in Deland, Florida, to Anastasia Delores Shumate and Clifford Kahrwald Rohde.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delores Libbey - Ancestry.com |url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Delores_Libbey&event=_deland-volusia-florida-usa_17622&birth=1919&father=Cliffored&location=2&mother=Anastasia_Shumate&name_x=p_p&priority=usa |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref> She won awards for playing xylophone in high school, then studied music at Stetson University; the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France, and Chicago; and privately with several teachers. She sang tenor in at least one church choir.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqJFm4WB7IkC&q=Dee+Libbey+composer |title=The Pacific Coast Musician |date=1944 |publisher=Colby and Pryibil |language=en}}</ref> Her teachers included Nadia Boulanger, Dr. William Duckwitz, the xylophonist John Heney, and Leo Sowerby. She married Edwin B. Libbey and they had one son.<ref name=":0" />

Libbey belonged to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and won an ASCAP award in 1961. "Mango" and some of her other songs were recorded by Petula Clark, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Marion Ryan, and Ringo Shiina.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Dee Libbey |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14309286/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>

As Q'Adrianne Rohde, Libbey copyrighted a drawing in 1973 called ''The'' ''Unity Eagle''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Office |first=Library of Congress Copyright |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hdAOAQAAMAAJ&q=Q%E2%80%99Adrianne+Rohde |title=Works of Art: Reproductions of works of art; scientific and technical drawings; photographic works; prints and pictorial illustrations |date=1973 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |language=en}}</ref> Her works were recorded by Columbia Records<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auma309W7JE |title=Mangos |language=en |access-date=2024-04-09 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> and published by G. Schirmer Inc. and Lawson Gould Music Publishers.<ref name=":0" /> Her compositions include:

==List of compositions== === Ballet ===

*''Bee Learns to Dance'' (piano and cello)<ref name=":0" /> *''Set Free''<ref name=":0" />

=== Band ===

*''Percussive Positive''<ref name=":0" />

=== Chamber ===

*''Essence'' (piano)<ref name=":0" /> *''Moving Tides'' (harp)<ref name=":0" /> *''Orange Moon'' (flute and piano)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boenke |first=H. Alais |title=Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog |date=1988-10-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-36831-8 |pages=70, 104 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Operetta ===

*''Gretchen's Dream'' (for children)<ref name=":0" />

=== Orchestra ===

*''Impressions of Leaking Faucet'' (tone poem)<ref name=":1" /> *''Introspect'' (symphony in one movement)<ref name=":0" /> *''Lost Forest'' (tone poem)<ref name=":1" />

=== Play ===

*Cry Out, Tragic Ode<ref>{{Cite book |last=Office |first=Library of Congress Copyright |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUMhAQAAIAAJ&dq=Q%E2%80%99Adrianne+Rohde&pg=RA1-PA179 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series |date=1974 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Vocal ===

*"Chinchilla"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Office |first=Library of Congress Copyright |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AD0hAQAAIAAJ&dq=Dee+Libbey+composer&pg=PA1190 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series |date=1960 |language=en}}</ref> *''Cry Out'' (chorus)<ref name=":0" /> *"Give Honor to God"<ref name=":0" /> *"Mangos" (lyrics by Sid Wayne){{cn|date=April 2024}} *"Silver Bird" (with Charles Tobias)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG9iFoZYUbs |title=Silver Bird (Remastered) |language=en |access-date=2024-04-08 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> *''Tolling Bells'' (chorus)<ref name=":0" /> *''Wee Little Boy'' (women's chorus)<ref name=":0" /> *"Wild Horses Run Free"<ref name=":0" />

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auma309W7JE Hear Rosemary Clooney sing "Mangos" by Dee Libbey and Sid Wayne] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG9iFoZYUbs Hear Nat King Cole sing "Silver Bird" by Dee Libbey and Charles Tobias]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Libbey, Dee}} Category:20th-century American women composers Category:20th-century American classical composers Category:American songwriters Category:American women songwriters Category:1919 births Category:1988 deaths Category:People from DeLand, Florida Category:Pseudonyms Category:Pseudonymous artists Category:Stetson University alumni