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Emma Kate Simmons Flint (March 3, 1850 - March 8, 1926)[1] was an American composer[2] who is best known for her piano piece Racquet Galop,[3] which sold over 100,000 copies.[4] She published her music under the name Kate Simmons or E. Kate Simmons.

Simmons was born in Troy, New York, to Mary Sophia Gleason and Joseph Ferris Simmons, a banker.[5] She married the successful businessman Charles Ranlett Flint in 1883[6] and they lived in Manhattan.[1]

Little is known about Simmons’ education. She donated the money she made from her musical compositions to charity, endowing a bed at St. Luke’s Hospital with the proceeds from Racquet Galop.[5]

Simmons’ music was published in America and internationally by Augener & Co., Carl Fischer Music, Charles Sheard & Co., Edwin Ashdown Ltd., Hachette & Co., and Oliver Ditson & Co.[7] Racquet Galop was arranged for various instruments by Winslow Lewis Hayden and L. Winner, among others.[5] Her compositions included:

Piano

• Berceuse (Cradle Song)[5]
• El Fresco Waltz[8]
• From East to West Waltz[5]
• Gigue Fantastique[5]
• Invincible Galop[5]
• Lawn Tennis Galop[5]
• Poste[5]
• Racquet Galop[9]
• Racquet Polka[7]
• Racquet Quickstep[7]
• Royal Fanfare Galop[5]

Voice

• "Good Bye" (text by F. W. Green; arranged by Alfred Lee)[5]
• Download sheet music for Racquet Galop by E. Kate Simmons

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