Kate Simmons

Emma Kate Simmons Flint (March 3, 1850 - March 8, 1926)^[1] was an American composer^[2] and philanthropist 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

References

^ ^a ^b "ccm :: Simmons, Kate Simmons". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
^ Music & Drama. Music and Drama Publishing Company. 1882.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "ccm :: Simmons, Kate Simmons". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
^ Simmons, Kate (14 February 1934). "Times Union". Newspapers.com. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hutchinson, Asa Burnham (1859). Hannah's at the Window Binding Shoes. Oliver Ditson & Company.
^ Hampton's Magazine. Columbian-Sterling Publishing Company. 1910.
^ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900. R. Rosen Press. OCLC 770809290.

[:0-1] "ccm :: Simmons, Kate Simmons". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.

[2] Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.

[3] Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.

[4] Music & Drama. Music and Drama Publishing Company. 1882.

[:1-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "ccm :: Simmons, Kate Simmons". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.

[6] Simmons, Kate (14 February 1934). "Times Union". Newspapers.com. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-04-04.

[:2-7] Hutchinson, Asa Burnham (1859). Hannah's at the Window Binding Shoes. Oliver Ditson & Company.

[8] Hampton's Magazine. Columbian-Sterling Publishing Company. 1910.

[9] Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900. R. Rosen Press. OCLC 770809290.

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