{{Short description|American composer and singer}} '''Kathryn Lande Selmer Brown''' (November 6, 1930 – November 20, 2022)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stern |first=Susan|title=Women composers : a handbook |date=1978 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1138-3 |location=Metuchen, New Jersey|oclc=3844725}}{{page needed|date=January 2023}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/siadvance/name/kay-brown-obituary?id=38541754|title=Obituary: Kay Lande Selmer Brown|newspaper=Staten Island Advance|date=January 3–5, 2023|via=legacy.com|access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref> was an American composer and singer who was best known for her compositions and performances for children, which include three operas,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Borroff |first=Edith|title=American operas : a checklist |date=1992 |publisher=Harmonie Park Press |others=J. Bunker Clark |isbn=0-89990-063-1 |location=Warren, Michigan|oclc=26809841}}</ref> many songs,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stewart-Green |first=Miriam|title=Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice |date=1980 |publisher=G. K. Hall |isbn=0-8161-8498-4 |location=Boston, Massachusetts|oclc=6815939}}</ref> and appearances on television, including as co-host of the television show ''Birthday House''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Tubby the Tuba: 80 Years of Music & Animation History {{!}} |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/tubby-the-tuba-80-years-of-music-animation-history/ |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=cartoonresearch.com}}</ref> She performed and published her music under the name '''Kay Lande'''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Office |first=Library of Congress Copyright |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTshAQAAIAAJ&dq=Kathryn+Lande+Selmer&pg=PA1193 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series |date=1968 |pages=1193 |language=en}}</ref>
==Biography== Lande was born in Westerleigh, Staten Island, New York. She studied music at the Eastman and the Juilliard Schools of Music.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Claghorn |first=Charles Eugene|title=Women Composers and Songwriters – A Concise Biographical Dictionary |date=1996 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-585-03162-2 |location=Lanham, Maryland|oclc=42329817}}</ref> In 1953, she married Edward Selmer Jr.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Selmer |first=Kathryn Lande |title=Index to Public Records 1994–2019 |url=https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/83248460:62209 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.ancestry.com}}</ref> and they had a son and a daughter. After Selmer's death in 2000, she married William Brown.<ref name=":4" />
==Career== A member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP),<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5VsYAAAAIAAJ&q=strantz+louise |title=International Encyclopedia of Women Composers |date=1987 |publisher=Books & Music (USA) |isbn=978-0-9617485-2-4 |language=en}}</ref> Lande was employed by CBS. She collaborated as a singer and composer with many musicians, including Edna Bettler,<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Office |first=Library of Congress Copyright |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uz8hAQAAIAAJ&dq=kay+lande+e+bettler&pg=PA1729 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series |date=1968 |pages=1729 |language=en}}</ref> the Carillon Singers, Eric Carlson, Art Carney, Alan Cole, Wade Denning, Carol Joan Drexler, Jim Dukas, Kathy Dunn, Tom Glazer, the Golden Orchestra, Carolyn Jonathan, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, Andre Kostelanetz, Jack Lazare, Anne Lloyd, the Norman Luboff Choir, Gilbert Mack, Mitch Miller and his orchestra, Hunter Payne, Edgar Powell, Peggy Powers, Noel Regney and his orchestra, Harold Ronk, the Sandpipers Chorus and Orchestra (also known as the Golden Sandpipers), Bob Spiro, Frank Stanton, Gene Steck, Jim Timmens and the Golden Orchestra, and Paul Tripp.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Metason |title=Kay Lande |url=https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Kay%20Lande |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=ArtistInfo |language=EN}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Citation |title=Kay Lande With Noel Regney And His Orchestra – For Sleepyheads Only – Songs To Tuck You In |date=24 January 2022 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1593518-Kay-Lande-With-Noel-Regney-And-His-Orchestra-For-Sleepyheads-Only-Songs-To-Tuck-You-In |language=en |access-date=2022-10-14}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=kay+lande+composer&pg=PA70 |title=Billboard|date=1964-10-17|publisher=Nielsen Holdings}}</ref>
Lande was recorded commercially by A. A. Records, Caprice, Children's Records of America, Columbia, Disneyland, Educational Reading Service, Golden Press, Golden Records, Harmony, Kaneil Music, Leo the Lion Records, RCA Camden, Simon Says, Wonder, and Wonderland Records.<ref name=":3" /> She appeared on the following television programs: *''Arthur Murray Party'' (1952)<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTVA US Music Variety – "The Arthur Murray Party" (DuMont/CBS) Season 3 (1952–53) |url=http://ctva.biz/US/MusicVariety/ArthurMurrayParty_03_(1952-53).htm |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=ctva.biz}}</ref> *''Birthday House'' (late 1950s – early 1960s)<ref name=":0" /> *''Diver Dan and the Bermuda Onion'' (1961)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Osborne |first=Jerry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMVP0SX35wAC&dq=kay+lande+composer&pg=PA1982-IA73 |title=Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide |date=Nov 2002 |publisher=Jerry Osborne Enterprises |isbn=978-0-932117-37-3 |language=en}}</ref> *''Captain Kangaroo'' (1962)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sCpE46XxPU0C&q=kay+lande+composer |title=TV Guide |date=Apr 1962 |publisher=Triangle Publications |language=en}}</ref> *''Romper Room'' (undated)<ref name=":3" />
==Compositions== Lande's music was published by Wellington Songs.<ref name=":2" /> Her compositions include:
=== Incidental music ===
*Birthday House<ref name=":1" /> *Captain Kangaroo<ref name=":1" />
=== Operas ===
*''The Princess and the Pea''<ref name=":1" /> *''The Princess Who Couldn't Laugh''<ref name=":1" /> *''The Shoemaker and the Elf''<ref name=":1" />
=== Songs ===
*Bubbly Time (with Wade Denning)<ref name=":3" /> *Father, I Thank Thee (with Edna Bettler)<ref name=":2" /> *For Sleepyheads Only<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=kay+lande+composer&pg=PA36 |title=Billboard |date=1963-11-09 |publisher=Nielsen Holdings}}</ref> *I Know a Game (with Wade Denning)<ref name=":3" /> *Kay Lande's ABC 123<ref>{{Cite book |last=Office |first=Library of Congress Copyright |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hJvG5xP7zYC&q=kay+lande+composer |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series |date=1969 |publisher=Copyright Office, Library of Congress. |language=en}}</ref> *Kitty Kat<ref name=":3" /> *Let's Go to the Toy Shop<ref name=":1" /> *Let's Have a Party<ref name=":1" /> *Let's Play School<ref>{{Cite book |last=Library |first=Iowa State Traveling |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avsaAAAAMAAJ&q=kay+lande+composer |title=Iowa Library Quarterly |date=1965 |language=en}}</ref> *Mommy, Come See<ref name=":3" /> *Mommy, Please Come Play with Me<ref name=":3" /> *My Little Ballerina<ref name=":3" /> *My Musical Monkey (with Frank Stanton)<ref name=":3" /> *Song for Little Folk<ref name=":1" /> *Tennis? Tennis?<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bateman |first1=Anthony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Id8AgAAQBAJ&dq=kay+lande+composer&pg=PA130 |title=Sporting Sounds: Relationships Between Sport and Music |last2=Bale |first2=John |date=2008-10-27 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-06745-9 |language=en}}</ref> *Trip to Lullaby Land (with Edna Bettler)<ref name=":3" />
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{YouTube|5I0aqxcZ63M|Kay Lande performing her own compositions on the television show ''Birthday House''}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lande, Kay}} Category:American women composers Category:Television composers Category:American opera composers Category:20th-century American women singers Category:20th-century American singers Category:1930 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Musicians from Staten Island Category:Eastman School of Music alumni Category:Juilliard School alumni Category:ASCAP composers and authors