About Mildred Lund Tyson
Lived 1900 – 1989. Mildred Lund Tyson was an American composer, singer, organist, pianist and choir director.
Mildred Lund Tyson (10 March 1895 – 25 September 1989) was an American choral director, composer, organist, and soprano.
Biography Tyson was born in Moline, Illinois, to Mary Helena Anderson and Oscar Fredrick Lund. She married Harold Canfield Tyson in 1927 and they had a daughter, Barbara, in 1930.
Tyson earned a B.M. at Northwestern University, where she studied with Carl Beecher, Arne Oldberg, and Walter Allen Stults. She later studied composition at Columbia University, the Eastman School of Music, and at a summer course at Ithaca College. She studied voice with Edward Meyer in Los Angeles and Frederick Bristol in New York City.
Compositions Her vocal compositions include:
"Great Divide" (voice and piano; text by Lew Sarett)
"May in Japan" (women's chorus and piano)
"Prosperity" (voice and piano; text by Nan Roads)
"Will Spring Be Far Behind?" (voice and piano)
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Who was Mildred Lund Tyson?
American soprano singer, organist, pianist, choirmaster, and composer
When was Mildred Lund Tyson born?
Mildred Lund Tyson was born in 1900 in Moline.
When did Mildred Lund Tyson die?
Mildred Lund Tyson died in 1989.
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Mildred Lund Tyson was a composer, singer, organist, pianist and choir director.
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Mildred Lund Tyson was American.
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