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Anice Potter Terhune[1] (October 27, 1873 – November 9, 1964)[2] was an American author, composer,[3] music educator, and church organist,[4] who composed over 100 children's songs.[5] She was known as "Annie,"[6] and sometimes published under the pseudonym Morris Stockton.[7]

Terhune was born in Hampden, Massachusetts,[8] to Elizabeth Morris Olmstead and John Potter.[4] She married Albert Payson Terhune in 1901.[9]

Terhune studied piano, organ, and music theory at the Cleveland Conservatory[10] and in New York and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She was fluent in French and Italian.[6] Her teachers included Franklin Bassett, Edward Morris Bowman, and Louis Coenen.[11]

Terhune wrote articles for women's magazines as well as books. Her book Home Musical Education for Children was syndicated throughout the United States.[5] She belonged to the MacDowell Club and the Pen Women's League. She hosted lectures in her home, including one by Kate Sanborn.[12]

Terhune's works were published by Arthur P. Schmidt, Clayton F. Summy, G. Schirmer Inc.,[13] John Church Co., and Oliver Ditson.[5] Her publications included:

Books

• Across the Line (autobiography)[14][15]

• Ballade of Dead Ladies (memoir)[16]

• Chinese Child's Day[17]

• Eye of a Village[6]

• Home Musical Education for Children[5]

• Music Study for Children[18]

• Schirmer's Music Spelling Book[18]

Opera

• Hero Nero[19]

• Woodland Princess[20]

Piano

• Child's Kaleidoscope (16 pieces)[16]

• Country Sketches (12 pieces)[16]

• (The) Hill[11]

• Little Dream Horse[16]

• Romance in G Major[18]

• Songs of Summer (six pieces)[16]

• Suite for Piano (six pieces)[16]

Vocal

• "Arrivederci: Italian Serenade"[21]

• Barnyard Ballads[12]

• "Bridal Song"[16]

• Children's Songs from Many Countries[6]

• Colonial Carols[17]

• Dutch Ditties[17]

• "Easter Morn"[16]

• "Exaltation"[16]

• "Faith: A Sacred Song"[16]

• "Gaelic Lullaby"[18]

• "In an Old Garden"[16]

• Our Very Own: a Songbook for Children[16]

• "Snow White Gull"[16]

• Song at Dusk (men's chorus)[13]

• Songs of Our Streets[16]

• "Syrian Woman's Lament" [22]

• "When Summer Keeps the Vow of Spring"[16]

References

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