# Jane Corner Young

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For other people named Jane Young, see [Jane Young (disambiguation)](/source/Jane_Young_(disambiguation)).

**Jane Corner Young** (March 25, 1915 – March 9, 2001)[1] was an American composer,[2] music therapist, and pianist.[3] She was born in [Athens, Ohio](/source/Athens,_Ohio), and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from [Ohio University](/source/Ohio_University) in 1936. She completed a master of music degree in piano and composition in 1953 at the [Cleveland Institute of Music](/source/Cleveland_Institute_of_Music). Young studied piano[4] with [Beryl Rubinstein](/source/Beryl_Rubinstein) and [Arthur Loesser](/source/Arthur_Loesser); composition with Marcel Dick; and [Dalcroze eurythmics](/source/Dalcroze_eurhythmics) with Elsa Findlay and Ann Lombardo.[5]

Young taught privately and in public schools for over 27 years, and was a faculty member at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She chaired the Cleveland Composers' Guild when it was formed in 1957,[6] and also served as the director of music therapy at Hawthornden State Hospital (today known as Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare) in [Northfield, Ohio](/source/Northfield,_Ohio).[5]

Young's awards include:

- Ohio University Music Fellowship (1942)
- Cleveland Institute Alumni Award (in composition; 1961) [7]
- [Mu Phi Epsilon](/source/Mu_Phi_Epsilon) (winner, composition contest; 1971)

Young's compositions include:[8]

## Chamber

- Essences (for two violins; won 1961 Cleveland Institute Alumni Award)[5]

## Piano

- Andante Espressivo
- Caprice (1976)
- Children's Picture Pieces
- Dramatic Soliloquy (1961)
- First Journey
- Five Duets for Matched Students
- Five Tone Thoughts and Summary (won 1971 Mu Phi Epsilon Composition Contest)
- Four Recital Pieces (The Chase; Patterns; Shadows; Waltz)
- I Won't Go
- Piano Gambol
- Schumanniana (1974)
- Two Humorous PIeces (Going Away; March for Clowns)
- Two Short Studies (Counting; Two Melodies)
- Two Study Pieces (Half Steps; Whole Steps)
- Variations on an American Sea Shanty
- Yesterday/Today

## Vocal

[9]

- Blues Art Song: Who There to Know
- Captive (with L. Kenney)
- Fantasy (with L. Kenney)
- How I Like a Wild Tame Bird (with piano)
- (The) Story of Fay (with bassoon, flute, oboe, piano, trumpet, violin and zither)
- Such is Her Love (with piano)
- Untidy Sun (with L. Kenney)
- We People Song Cycle (with cello and piano)

## References

1. ["Online #genealogy #research at MyTrees.com"](https://www.mytrees.com/home.html). *MyTrees.com*. Retrieved 2020-06-07.

1. Zaimont, Judith Lang (ed.) (1987). [*The musical woman : an international perspective*](https://archive.org/details/musicalwomaninte0002unse). Vol. II 1984-1985. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-23588-0. [OCLC 18439119](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18439119)

1. Stern, Susan (1978). [*Women composers : a handbook*](https://archive.org/details/womencomposersha00ster/mode/2up). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. [OCLC 3844725](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3844725)

1. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). *Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography*. 2nd ed. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. [OCLC 28889156](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28889156)

1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). ["Young, Jane Corner"](https://archive.org/details/internationalenc0002cohe/page/772/mode/2up). *[International Encyclopedia of Women Composers](/source/International_Encyclopedia_of_Women_Composers)*. Vol. II. Second, revised and enlarged ed. New York: R.R. Bowker. p. 772. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. [OCLC 16714846](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16714846)

1. Van Tassel, David D. & Grabowski, John J. (eds.) (1987). *The encyclopedia of Cleveland history*. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-31303-1. [OCLC 15696113](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15696113)

1. Anderson, Ruth (1976). *Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary*. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-1117-0. [OCLC 2035024](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2035024)

1. Oja, Carol (1982). *American Music Recordings*. New York: Institute for Studies at American Music Conservatory of Music.

1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1984). *International discography of women composers*. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-24272-0. [OCLC 10324568](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10324568)

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