Margaret B. Hoberg Turrell (1890 – 1948) was an American composer and organist who published her music under the name Margaret Hoberg.[1][2][3] She was also a philanthropist who co-founded the Turrell Fund with her husband.
Early life
editHoberg was born in 1890 in Terre Haute, Indiana.[4] She began performing publicly on the piano in Terre Haute when she was twelve years old. She studied music for one year in Berlin, two years in Paris, and in New York City, where she gave concerts of her compositions and worked as an organist.[5] In 1916, Hoberg received a fellowship to study at MacDowell.[6][7]
Career
editHer "Harp Concerto" premiered at Carnegie Hall in 1919.[8] Hoberg's music was published by M. Witmark & Sons,[9] Oliver Ditson Co.[10] and Arthur P. Schmidt Co.[11] She published her music under the name Margaret Hoberg.[12]
Personal life
editShe married Herbert Turrell in 1922, a year after his first wife died.[13] In 1935, the couple established the Turrell Fund to aid at-risk children.[14] The Fund donated a total of $238,621,996 between 1935 and 2018, and remains active today.[15] She died in 1948.
Compositions
editChamber
edit- Allegro Maestoso (harp, violin and organ)[8]
- Calm (harp, violin and organ)[8]
- Country Dance (harp)[8]
- Log Cabin Sketches (alternate title: Two Suites for Harp)[8]
Orchestra
edit- Harp Concerto (also arranged for harp and organ)[8]
Vocal
edit- "Hiawatha's Vision" (baritone and piano)[16]
- Little Orphant Annie (choir; text by James Whitcomb Riley[17])[18]
- Maid of the Mist (women's choir; text by Colgate Baker)[10]
- "Such a Starved Bank of Moss" (text by Robert Browning)[19]
- "When We Two Parted"[11]
References
edit- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers: a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
- ^ Falconer-Salkeld, Bridget (2005). The MacDowell Colony: A Musical History of America's Premier Artists' Community. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5419-2.
- ^ Terre Haute and Her People of Progress. Biographers, Incorporated. 1970.
- ^ Clubs, Indiana Federation of Music (1936). Indiana Composers, Native and Adopted. Indiana University.
- ^ "Margaret Hoberg - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega. Alpha Chi Omega. 1916.
- ^ a b c d e f "Category:Hoberg, Margaret - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download". imslp.org. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ The Playground. Executive Committee of the Playground Association of America. 1926.
- ^ a b Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1915). Catalog of Copyright Entries.
- ^ a b The Musical Leader. J. French Demerath and E. French Smith. 1917.
- ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ Trust, Caryl Keele Trust Caryl Keele; Kincaid, Diane D.; Keele, Harold M.; Kiger, Joseph Charles; Staff, Caryl Keele Trust (1984). Foundations. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-22556-7.
- ^ "The Turrell Fund". The Imprint. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ "About | Turrell Fund". www.turrellfund.org. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
- ^ Music, Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill ) School of (1918). General Catalogue. the University.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Riley, James Whitcomb (1913). The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley: In which the Poems, Including a Number Heretofore Unpublished, are Arranged in the Order in which They Were Written, Together with Photographs, Bibliographic Notes and a Life Sketch of the Author. Bobbs-Merrill Company.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1911.
- ^ Robert Browning: A Bibliography, 1830-1950. Cornell University Press. 1953.