Gertrude Ina Robinson

Gertrude Ina Robinson (1868 – 7 September 1950) was an American author, composer, and harpist.

Biography Robinson was the oldest of four children born in Waterloo, Iowa, to Mary Frances Jackson and Robert Harvey Robinson. Her father was a shoe and boot dealer; her mother owned a zinc and lead mine. Robinson studied piano as a child. Her harp teachers were Alphonse Hasselmans, Edmond Schuecker and Enrico Tramonti.

In addition to writing books, poems, and at least one article, Robinson designed gift tags produced by Dennison Manufacturing Co. These items are archived at the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. By 1930, Robinson had moved to Nassau, New York, where in 1940 she was employed in real estate. and Oliver Ditson. Her poems were published in The Open Road: Official Organ of the Society of the Universal Brotherhood of Man, vol 7 1911.

Published works Articles The Harp in the Orchestra (The Crescendo vol 9, no 8 Feb 1917 p 9)

Books Floral Fairies Series: The Little Miss Hollys

Harp 10 Classics for Harp and Organ Duos for Violin and Small Irish Harp Excerpts and Solos for Small Harp Fairies Dream Groves of Blarney Original Compositions and Adaptations for the Harp

Poems Gate of LIfe Sunshine and Rain

Vocal Shepherds Watch Thy Rest at NIght'' (mixed voices; text by Gertrude Ina Robinson; melody by Howard Elmore Parkhurst)

Download free public domain sheet music for harp by Gertrude Ina Robinson