English composer
Alma Goatley
Alma Goatley, from a 1920 publication
Born 1887Savoie, France
Died 27 August 1969London, UK
Other names Alma Goatley Temple-Smith Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Alma Goatley Temple-Smith (1887 – 27 August 1969) was an English musician and composer. From 1935 to 1936, she was president of the Society of Women Musicians .
Early life
Alma Goatley was born in Savoie , and raised in London, the daughter of British parents Grafton Goatley and Louisa Goatley. She won the Chappell Pianoforte Prize in 1911 at the Royal Academy of Music .[ 1] [ 2]
Career
Goatley composed music for recital songs and as settings for poems.[ 1] [ 3] Redhill ,[ 4] diseuse [ 5] [ 6] Ethel Smyth and Katharine Emily Eggar .[ 7] [ 8]
Compositions
Four Nursery Rhymes (1912)[ 9] "As I hear your dainty Footstep" (1915)[ 10]
"Now that April's there" (1917, lyrics by Robert Browning )[ 11]
"A Garden is a lovesome thing" (1917, with Thomas Edward Brown )[ 12]
"A Dream Ship" (1918, lyrics by Crosbie Garstin )[ 13]
"Hush-a-bye-low" (1918)[ 14]
"Nesting-time" (1919, with Helen Taylor)[ 15]
"The Wood Anemone" (1919, lyrics by D. Bouverie)[ 16]
Songs of Sappho: 5 Lyrics (1919, with Bliss Carman )[ 17] "Pipe out, ye silver flutes" (1919)[ 18]
"Lovelight" (1919, lyrics by Will H. Ogilvie )[ 19]
"Futility" (1920)[ 20]
"Life" (1920, lyrics by S. D. Cox)[ 21]
"Butterfly Boats" (1920, lyrics by H. Taylor)[ 22]
"The White Birch" (1921, lyrics by Lane Northcott)[ 23]
"Sea Surge" (1921)[ 24]
"Love and Wine" (1922)[ 25]
"Can't Remember" (1922, lyrics by Herbert J. Brandon)[ 26]
"Life Anew" (1923, with Temple Keble)[ 27]
"Second Thoughts" (1924)[ 28]
"Sixpence to Spend" (1926, with Mab Davis)[ 29]
"Come, happy heart" (1929, with Dorothy Hayes)[ 30]
"Villanelle" (1929)[ 31]
Two Songs of Child Life (1929)[ 32] "The Cherry Tree doth Bloom" (1933, lyrics by Margaret Owen)[ 33]
"When June is Come" (1935, lyrics by Robert Bridges )[ 34]
"The Little Apple Tree" (1935, lyrics by Dorothy Dickinson)[ 35]
"Love Errant" (1935, lyrics by H. Hart)[ 36]
"A walk by the river at night" (1935, lyrics by Clifford Bax )[ 37] [ 38]
"Teasing Song" (1936, lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon )[ 39]
"Shall I be afraid?" (1942, lyrics by Dorothy Dickinson)[ 40]
Personal life
Alma Goatley married furniture designer Hamilton Temple-Smith in 1920. They had two sons; their elder son, John Grafton Temple-Smith, had a career in film.[ 41] [ 42]
References
^ a b Kramer, A. Walter. "Alma Goatley: A New English Composer of Effective Songs" Musical America 31(28 February 1920): 39.
^ "Academic Scholarships, Prizes Etc" . Musical Times . 52 : 604. September 1, 1911.^ "Records and Sheet Music: Unusual Ballads" . Sun . 1935-10-06. p. 15. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Trove .^ "Redhill School of Music advertisement" . The Surrey Mirror and County Post . 1913-10-31. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.^ "Performer and Diseuse: Miss Alma Goatley" . The Sketch . 107 : 214. August 13, 1919.^ " . The Hanwell Gazette and Brentford Observer . 1919-02-22. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.^ Society of Women Musicians (1922). MS 10777 - Card advertising concert of works by women composers ^ "Women Musicians' Jubilee" . The Daily Telegraph . 1936-11-02. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.^ Four Nursery Rhymes. [No. 1.] Twinkle, twinkle. [No. 2.] Jack and Jill. [No. 3.] Hush-a-bye, Baby. [No. 4.] Little Jack Horner. The music composed and arranged as Quartets, S.A.T.B., by A. Goatley. OCLC 497587545 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ As I hear your dainty Footstep. Song, words and music by A. Goatley. OCLC 497587357 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Now that April's there OCLC 38072664 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ A garden is a lovesome thing OCLC 1335708027 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ A Dream Ship. Song, the words by C. Garstin, etc. OCLC 497587435 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Hush-a-bye-low. Song, with violin ad lib., the words and music by A. Goatley. OCLC 497587463 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Nesting-time: song OCLC 223582786 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ The Wood Anemone. [Song.] Words by D. Bouverie. OCLC 497588190 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Carman, Bliss; Goatley, Alma (2018). Songs of Sappho, 5 lyrics ISBN 978-0-665-65632-3 OCLC 1084344118 . ^ Pipe out, ye silver flutes OCLC 367910801 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ "Lovelight : song / lyric by W.H. Ogilvie; music by Alma Goatley" . HathiTrust . Retrieved 2022-07-13 .^ Futility. [Song.] Words by A.G. OCLC 497587456 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Life. [Song, words by] S.D. Cox. OCLC 497587476 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Butterfly Boats. Song, the lyric by H. Taylor. OCLC 497587368 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ The White Birch. OCLC 497328527 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Sea Surge. OCLC 498838263 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Love and Wine. OCLC 498224305 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ "Can't remember" . Historic Sheet Music Collection, Oregon Digital . Retrieved 2022-07-13 .^ Life Anew. OCLC 498147331 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Second Thoughts. OCLC 498841348 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Sixpence to spend: song OCLC 223590252 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Come, happy heart: (villanelle) : song OCLC 4288684 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Villanelle: song OCLC 222739737 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Two Songs of Child Life. OCLC 499035119 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ The cherry tree doth bloom: song OCLC 878475842 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ When June is come: [song OCLC 1115111463 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ The little apple tree OCLC 221452217 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Love errant. Song, words by H. Hart. OCLC 497587506 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ A walk by the river at night: (Chinese song) OCLC 779647866 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ "Chinese Poem's Quaint Charm" . Sun . 1936-01-05. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Trove .^ Teasing Song. Song, words by E. Farjeon. OCLC 497587629 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ Shall I be afraid? Song, words by Dorothy Dickinson. OCLC 1061679766 , retrieved 2022-07-13 ^ "Mr. J. G. Temple-Smith and Miss M. A. M. Gahan" . The Daily Telegraph . 1947-04-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-07-14 – via Newspapers.com.^ Chappell, Les. "John Grafton Temple-Smith (1923-2010)" (PDF) . Deddington History .
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