# Frances Terry

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

A native of [East Windsor](/source/East_Windsor%2C_Connecticut), [Connecticut](/source/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](/source/Louis_Victor_Saar) and Mr. and Mrs. [Edmund Severn](/source/Edmund_Severn), among others.<ref name="Howard1939">{{cite book|author=[John Tasker Howard](/source/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](/source/New_York_City) and [Passaic](/source/Passaic%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), later moving to [Northampton](/source/Northampton%2C_Massachusetts), [Massachusetts](/source/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](/source/violin_sonata) and a [theme and variations](/source/theme_and_variations) for [string quartet](/source/string_quartet) as well;<ref name="Howard1939"/> the sonata received a prize from the [Society for the Publication of American Music](/source/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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