Amy Aldrich Worth

Amy E. Aldrich Worth (January 18, 1888 – April 29, 1967) was an American composer, choir director, and organist who was born in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Career Worth studied music with Jessie Gaynor, Frederick Beale, Mary Lyon and Arthur Garbett, and married Harry Worth on July 1, 1915. She taught piano and worked as an organist and choir director in St. Joseph. Later, she directed the Women's Chorus of the Women's University Club in Seattle, Washington, and was a member of the Seattle Society of Composers. In 1955, she served as the Sigma Alpha Iota National Chair of American Music. Her compositions include:

Piano Gavotte Marianne Purple Heather (two pianos)

Vocal Christ Rises (choir) Evening is Hushed He Came All so Still (choir) Israel Little Lamb Madrigal Mary, the Mother (Christmas cantata; choir) Midsummer Pierrot (words by Sara Teasdale) Sing of Christmas (women's choir) Song of Spring Song of the Angels Time of Violets