# Kay Lande

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{{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](/source/Staten_Island_Advance)|date=January 3–5, 2023|via=[legacy.com](/source/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](/source/Westerleigh%2C_Staten_Island), New York. She studied music at the [Eastman](/source/Eastman_School_of_Music) and the [Juilliard](/source/Juilliard_School) 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](/source/American_Society_of_Composers%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Art_Carney), Alan Cole, Wade Denning, Carol Joan Drexler, Jim Dukas, Kathy Dunn, [Tom Glazer](/source/Tom_Glazer), the Golden Orchestra, Carolyn Jonathan, [Danny Kaye](/source/Danny_Kaye), [Gene Kelly](/source/Gene_Kelly), [Andre Kostelanetz](/source/Andre_Kostelanetz), Jack Lazare, [Anne Lloyd](/source/Anne_Lloyd), the [Norman Luboff Choir](/source/Norman_Luboff_Choir), Gilbert Mack, [Mitch Miller](/source/Mitch_Miller) and his orchestra, Hunter Payne, Edgar Powell, Peggy Powers, [Noel Regney](/source/No%C3%ABl_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](/source/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](/source/Nielsen_Holdings)}}</ref>

Lande was recorded commercially by A. A. Records, Caprice, Children's Records of America, [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records), Disneyland, Educational Reading Service, [Golden Press](/source/Golden_Press), [Golden Records](/source/Golden_Records), Harmony, Kaneil Music, Leo the Lion Records, [RCA Camden](/source/RCA_Camden), Simon Says, Wonder, and Wonderland Records.<ref name=":3" /> She appeared on the following television programs:
*[''Arthur Murray Party''](/source/The_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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 ==
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== External links ==
* {{YouTube|5I0aqxcZ63M|Kay Lande performing her own compositions on the television show ''Birthday House''}}

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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

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