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Esther Pauline Cox Todd (March 10, 1895 – October 3, 1971) was an American composer,[1] music educator,[2] and organist.[3][4]

Todd was born in Colfax, Washington, to Horace Mann and Joie Lester Hamer Cox.  She married Wesley Sanford Todd on June 29, 1920, and they had one son, Horace.[3]

Todd studied music at Willamette University. She belonged to the Society of Oregon Composers, the Oregon Music Teachers Association,[3] and Phi Beta.[5]

In 1921, Todd worked as the head of the Lewiston State Normal School music department.[3] She later served as dean of the Oregon chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and co-directed the Todd School of Music.[6] After her fellow composer Jeanette Tillett died in 1965, Todd promoted and sold Tillett's compositions.[7]

Todd's works were published in professional journals and by Krinke Music Publications Inc.[8] and Willis Music Co.[9] Her publications included:

Articles

• Basic Pieces in the Student's Repertoire (published in The Etude, Feb 1947)[10]

• Why Not Get Up a Summer Music Play (published in The Etude, Mar 1945)[10]

Chamber

• Summer on Larch Mountain (violin and piano)[11]

Musical Theatre

• Hudson's Bay Man (with Jean B. Foster)[12]

Orchestra

• Western Sketches[5]

Piano

• Five Swans[13]

• Frolicsome Friskies (with Harry Krinke)[8]

• Little Red Ski Train[14]

• Salty Sails[15]

• Spanish Whim[9]

Vocal

• Songs [16]

References

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