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- [1911] (Creation)
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1 ms. score
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Gena Branscombe was born in Picton, Ontario on November 4, 1881. She was a composer and conductor, and left Canada in 1897 to study and work in the United States. Her piano pieces, songs, and choral and orchestral works were published and performed in both countries. In 1934, she founded The Branscombe Choral (1934-1954) in New York, for whom she composed and arranged works. The choir also premiered various musical works by other female composers. Branscombe died in New York on July 26, 1977.
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Instrumentation: Violin and piano
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Also see the Gena Branscombe fonds (OTUFM 17) for more compositions by this composer.
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Date based on advertisement in program from Parlow's performance in Boston on March 31, 1911 (see CA OTUFM 02-5-13-Prog-0233). Branscombe also published a version of this piece as a song, "Autumn wind so wistful: an old love tale" (Arthur P. Schmidt, 1914).