Hazel Volkart
Hazel O. Cline Volkart (20 May 1907 – 21 May 1985)[1] was an American composer,[2] music educator, and pianist.[3]
Volkart studied music at the Oklahoma College for Women, the Kansas City Conservatory, the University of Missouri (Kansas City), and the University of Kansas. Her teachers included Bertha Hornaday, Dr. Wiktor Labunskid, Dr. Francis Buebendort, and Carl Busch.[4] She married Emil J. Volkart in 1931 and they had a daughter (Bettye).[1]
Volkart was a private piano teacher in Kansas and Missouri for many years. She was an active member of Mu Phi Epsilon and won first place from Mu Phi Epsilon in 1963 for her Sonatina in C,[4] as well as Honorable Mention in 1956[5] and an unspecified award in 1957.[6]
Volkart's music was published by Mills Music, Schroeder & Gunther, Inc, and Theodore Presser Company.[7] Her compositions included:
Piano[edit]
- At the Circus[8]
- Choctaw Indian Dance[7]
- Cruise on the River[9]
- Four Piano Pieces (Bob-o-Link, Dance of the Marionettes, Grandfather's Clock, Little Lullaby)[7]
- Japanese Doll Dance[7]
- Little Buckaroo[7]
- Pirate King[7]
- Ridin' Along (four hands) [10]
Strings[edit]
String Method Books I, II, and III[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Volkart, Hazel (1985). "Hazel O. Cline Volkart". ancestry.com.
- ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
- ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ a b Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Musical Courier. 1956.
- ^ Musical Leader. 1958.
- ^ a b c d e f Volkart, Hazel. "Hazel Cline". muphiepsilon.org.
- ^ "Library of the Institute for the Study of Women in Music Collection". oac.cdlib.org. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ McGraw, Cameron (1981). Piano Duet Repertoire: Music Originally Written for One Piano, Four Hands. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-14766-0.
- ^ Music Clubs Magazine. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1958.
- ^ Directory of American Women Composers. National Federation of Music Clubs. 1970.