Frances Terry

{{short description|American composer (1884–1965)}} '''Frances Terry''' (1884–1965) was an American composer.

A native of East Windsor, Connecticut,<ref name="GrannissClubs1935">{{cite book|author1=Lewis Carlisle Granniss|author2=Connecticut State Federation of Music Clubs|title=Connecticut composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGX0AAAAMAAJ|year=1935|publisher=The Connecticut state federation of music clubs}}</ref> Terry undertook composition lessons with Louis Victor Saar and Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Severn, among others.<ref name="Howard1939">{{cite book|author=John Tasker Howard|title=Our American Music: Three Hundred Years of it|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3YLAQAAIAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Thomas Y. Crowell Company}}</ref> She was active as a piano instructor in New York City and Passaic, New Jersey, later moving to Northampton, Massachusetts.<ref name="Cohen1987">{{cite book|author=Aaron I. Cohen|title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VsYAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Books & Music (USA)|isbn=978-0-313-24272-4}}</ref> Much of her output consists of works for piano, but she composed a violin sonata and a theme and variations for string quartet as well;<ref name="Howard1939"/> the sonata received a prize from the Society for the Publication of American Music in 1931.<ref name="Jenkins1994">{{cite book|author=Walter S. Jenkins|title=The Remarkable Mrs. Beach, American Composer: A Biographical Account Based on Her Diaries, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, and Personal Reminiscences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=akgYAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Harmonie Park Press|isbn=978-0-89990-069-8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=WIN COMPOSERS' CONTEST.; Frances Terry and Leo Sowerby to Have Music Published. |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.comhttp//arch-timesmachine-fe-prd-40741-2-575473780.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/timesmachine/1931/03/26/98327599.html?pageNumber=24 |access-date=2023-04-29 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Stylistically, her work has been described as "Mildly 20th-century with strong expressive qualities and rich harmonies".<ref name="HinsonRoberts2006">{{cite book|author1=Maurice Hinson|author2=Wesley Roberts|title=The Piano in Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmHjixiWjhUC&pg=PA109|year=2006|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-34696-7|pages=109–}}</ref>

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