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Alma Goatley

Alma Goatley Temple-Smith (1887 – 27 August 1969) was an English musician and composer. From 1935 to 1936, she was president of the Society of Women Musicians.

Alma Goatley
A young white woman with bobbed wavy hair, wearing a dress with a square neckline
Alma Goatley, from a 1920 publication
Born1887
Savoie, France
Died27 August 1969
London, UK
Other namesAlma Goatley Temple-Smith
Occupation(s)Musician, composer

Early life edit

Alma Goatley was born in Savoie, and raised in London, the daughter of British parents Grafton Goatley and Louisa Goatley. She won the Chappell Pianoforte Prize in 1911 at the Royal Academy of Music.[1][2]

Career edit

Goatley composed music for recital songs and as settings for poems.[1][3] She also taught harmony at Redhill,[4] and performed as a diseuse at the piano.[5] A 1919 reviewer found her "charming, both in her singing and in her fascinating humour."[6] In 1922, she was one of the composers featured at a concert of works by women composers in London, sharing the bill with composers including Ethel Smyth and Katharine Emily Eggar.[7] She was president of the Society of Women Musicians from 1935 to 1936, during its "jubilee" year.[8]

Compositions edit

  • Four Nursery Rhymes (1912)[9]
  • "As I hear your dainty Footstep" (1915)[10]
  • "Now that April's there" (1917, lyrics by Robert Browning)[11]
  • "A Garden is a lovesome thing" (1917, with Thomas Edward Brown)[12]
  • "A Dream Ship" (1918, lyrics by Crosbie Garstin)[13]
  • "Hush-a-bye-low" (1918)[14]
  • "Nesting-time" (1919, with Helen Taylor)[15]
  • "The Wood Anemone" (1919, lyrics by D. Bouverie)[16]
  • Songs of Sappho: 5 Lyrics (1919, with Bliss Carman)[17]
  • "Pipe out, ye silver flutes" (1919)[18]
  • "Lovelight" (1919, lyrics by Will H. Ogilvie)[19]
  • "Futility" (1920)[20]
  • "Life" (1920, lyrics by S. D. Cox)[21]
  • "Butterfly Boats" (1920, lyrics by H. Taylor)[22]
  • "The White Birch" (1921, lyrics by Lane Northcott)[23]
  • "Sea Surge" (1921)[24]
  • "Love and Wine" (1922)[25]
  • "Can't Remember" (1922, lyrics by Herbert J. Brandon)[26]
  • "Life Anew" (1923, with Temple Keble)[27]
  • "Second Thoughts" (1924)[28]
  • "Sixpence to Spend" (1926, with Mab Davis)[29]
  • "Come, happy heart" (1929, with Dorothy Hayes)[30]
  • "Villanelle" (1929)[31]
  • Two Songs of Child Life (1929)[32]
  • "The Cherry Tree doth Bloom" (1933, lyrics by Margaret Owen)[33]
  • "When June is Come" (1935, lyrics by Robert Bridges)[34]
  • "The Little Apple Tree" (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Dickinson)[35]
  • "Love Errant" (1935, lyrics by H. Hart)[36]
  • "A walk by the river at night" (1935, lyrics by Clifford Bax)[37][38]
  • "Teasing Song" (1936, lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon)[39]
  • "Shall I be afraid?" (1942, lyrics by Dorothy Dickinson)[40]

Personal life edit

Alma Goatley married furniture designer Hamilton Temple-Smith in 1920. They had two sons; their elder son, John Grafton Temple-Smith, had a career in film.[41][42] She died in 1969, in her seventies, in London.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Kramer, A. Walter. "Alma Goatley: A New English Composer of Effective Songs" Musical America 31(28 February 1920): 39.
  2. ^ "Academic Scholarships, Prizes Etc". Musical Times. 52: 604. September 1, 1911.
  3. ^ "Records and Sheet Music: Unusual Ballads". Sun. 1935-10-06. p. 15. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Redhill School of Music advertisement". The Surrey Mirror and County Post. 1913-10-31. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Performer and Diseuse: Miss Alma Goatley". The Sketch. 107: 214. August 13, 1919.
  6. ^ "'Specials' Cot Concert". The Hanwell Gazette and Brentford Observer. 1919-02-22. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Society of Women Musicians (1922). MS 10777 - Card advertising concert of works by women composers.
  8. ^ "Women Musicians' Jubilee". The Daily Telegraph. 1936-11-02. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Four Nursery Rhymes. [No. 1.] Twinkle, twinkle. [No. 2.] Jack and Jill. [No. 3.] Hush-a-bye, Baby. [No. 4.] Little Jack Horner. The music composed and arranged as Quartets, S.A.T.B., by A. Goatley., London and New York: Boosey & Co, 1912, OCLC 497587545, retrieved 2022-07-13
  10. ^ As I hear your dainty Footstep. Song, words and music by A. Goatley., London: Cary & Co, 1915, OCLC 497587357, retrieved 2022-07-13
  11. ^ Now that April's there, Boston; Leipzig; New York: Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1917, OCLC 38072664, retrieved 2022-07-13
  12. ^ A garden is a lovesome thing, 1917, OCLC 1335708027, retrieved 2022-07-13
  13. ^ A Dream Ship. Song, the words by C. Garstin, etc., London: Enoch & Sons, 1918, OCLC 497587435, retrieved 2022-07-13
  14. ^ Hush-a-bye-low. Song, with violin ad lib., the words and music by A. Goatley., London: Novello and Co, 1918, OCLC 497587463, retrieved 2022-07-13
  15. ^ Nesting-time: song, London; Melbourne: Enoch & Sons ; Allan & Co., 1919, OCLC 223582786, retrieved 2022-07-13
  16. ^ The Wood Anemone. [Song.] Words by D. Bouverie., Boston, New York: A.P. Schmidt Co, 1919, OCLC 497588190, retrieved 2022-07-13
  17. ^ Carman, Bliss; Goatley, Alma (2018). Songs of Sappho, 5 lyrics. Boston: A.P. Schmidt. ISBN 978-0-665-65632-3. OCLC 1084344118.
  18. ^ Pipe out, ye silver flutes, Boston: Arthur P. Schmidt Co., 1919, OCLC 367910801, retrieved 2022-07-13
  19. ^ "Lovelight : song / lyric by W.H. Ogilvie ; music by Alma Goatley". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  20. ^ Futility. [Song.] Words by A.G., Boston, New York: A.P. Schmidt Co, 1920, OCLC 497587456, retrieved 2022-07-13
  21. ^ Life. [Song, words by] S.D. Cox., Boston, New York: A.P. Schmidt Co, 1920, OCLC 497587476, retrieved 2022-07-13
  22. ^ Butterfly Boats. Song, the lyric by H. Taylor., London, New York: Enoch & Sons, 1920, OCLC 497587368, retrieved 2022-07-13
  23. ^ The White Birch., 1921, OCLC 497328527, retrieved 2022-07-13
  24. ^ Sea Surge., 1921, OCLC 498838263, retrieved 2022-07-13
  25. ^ Love and Wine., 1922, OCLC 498224305, retrieved 2022-07-13
  26. ^ "Can't remember". Historic Sheet Music Collection, Oregon Digital. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  27. ^ Life Anew., 1923, OCLC 498147331, retrieved 2022-07-13
  28. ^ Second Thoughts., 1924, OCLC 498841348, retrieved 2022-07-13
  29. ^ Sixpence to spend: song, London; Melbourne: Enoch & Sons ; Allan & Co., 1926, OCLC 223590252, retrieved 2022-07-13
  30. ^ Come, happy heart: (villanelle) : song, 1929, OCLC 4288684, retrieved 2022-07-13
  31. ^ Villanelle: song, London: Boosey & Co., 1929, OCLC 222739737, retrieved 2022-07-13
  32. ^ Two Songs of Child Life., 1929, OCLC 499035119, retrieved 2022-07-13
  33. ^ The cherry tree doth bloom: song, London, England: Boosey & Hawkes, 1933, OCLC 878475842, retrieved 2022-07-13
  34. ^ When June is come: [song, London: Boosey & Co., 1935, OCLC 1115111463, retrieved 2022-07-13
  35. ^ The little apple tree, Sydney: Boosey & Co., 1935, OCLC 221452217, retrieved 2022-07-13
  36. ^ Love errant. Song, words by H. Hart., London: Boosey & Co, 1935, OCLC 497587506, retrieved 2022-07-13
  37. ^ A walk by the river at night: (Chinese song), New York: Boosey & Co., 1935, OCLC 779647866, retrieved 2022-07-13
  38. ^ "Chinese Poem's Quaint Charm". Sun. 1936-01-05. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Trove.
  39. ^ Teasing Song. Song, words by E. Farjeon., London: Boosey & Co, 1936, OCLC 497587629, retrieved 2022-07-13
  40. ^ Shall I be afraid? Song, words by Dorothy Dickinson., London: Boosey & Co, 1942, OCLC 1061679766, retrieved 2022-07-13
  41. ^ "Mr. J. G. Temple-Smith and Miss M. A. M. Gahan". The Daily Telegraph. 1947-04-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  42. ^ Chappell, Les. "John Grafton Temple-Smith (1923-2010)" (PDF). Deddington History.
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