Roberta Geddes-Harvey
Anne Catherine Roberta Geddes-Harvey (née Geddes; 25 December 1849 – 22 April 1930) was a Canadian organist, choirmaster and composer.
Also recorded as Anne Catherine Roberta Geddes-Harvey
Roberta Geddes-Harvey
- Full name
- Roberta Geddes.
- Born
- 1849 · Hamilton.
- Died
- 1930 · Guelph.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- composer · organist · choir director
- Education
- University of Toronto
- Teachers
- Arthur Elwell Fisher · Humfrey Anger · Edward Fisher
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Roberta Geddes was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and studied music with Arthur E. Fisher, Humfrey Anger and Edward Fisher, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree from Trinity College, Toronto, in 1899.
Career
Career
After completing her studies, Geddes-Harvey worked as an organist in Hamilton, and then took a position in 1876 as choirmaster and organist at St. George's Anglican Church in Guelph; she continued in this position for more than fifty years. She died in Guelph, Ontario, in 1930.
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Geddes-Harvey wrote hymns, anthems, songs, and instrumental works bearing copyright dates from 1897 to 1919. Selected works include: • La Terre Bonne (The Land of the Maple Leaf) libretto by A. Klugh (lost) • The Old Boys Welcome, single remaining song from La Terre Bonne • Salvator, oratorio to words from the scriptures
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- 1."Domestic Harmonies: Musical Activity in Southwestern Ontario, 1880-1920". by Madelaine Morrison, Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, 2013.
- 2.Hillary Stead. "Music, Art and Letters". Guelph: A people's Heritage, page 42.
- 3.Kallmann, Helmut. Geddes-Harvey, Roberta. The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- 4.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. 1994. 9780393034875.
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