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Dorothy Geneva Styles (December 13, 1922 - February 12, 1984)[1] was an American composer,[2] mathematician,[3] organist, and poet.

Styles was born in El Dorado, Arkansas,[4] to Minnie A. Shelnut and Alfred Alexander Styles. She demonstrated musical talent as a child, performing on WEXL radio at age 10, and giving music lessons as a teenager. Styles married Dennis Glenn Van Eck in 1941 and divorced him in 1945.[1] She graduated from the Detroit Institute of Musical Arts and received a B.Mus. from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1945, a B.S. from Columbia University in 1954,[5] and an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1970.[6]

Styles taught and also worked as an organist at Hazel Park Baptist Tabernacle in Hazel Park, Michigan, and as a choir director at St. Timothy’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wayne, Michigan.[6] Her publications included:


Prose



Vocal



References


  1. Styles, Dorothy Geneva. "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 1999-11-27. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
  2. 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.
  3. Directory of Women in Marquis Who's Who Publications, 1984. Marquis Who's Who. 1983. ISBN 978-0-8379-6401-0.
  4. Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  5. Regents, University of Michigan Board of (1969). Proceedings of the Board of Regents. The University.
  6. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  7. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1973). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1971: January-June. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
  8. Fresco. University of Detroit. 1958.
  9. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1972). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  10. Variegation. 1951.



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