Mildred Souers

Mildred Elizabeth Thomson Souers (February 26, 1894 - August 1977) was an American composer who wrote music for ballets and ballet studios, as well as for chamber ensembles, piano, and voice.

Souers was born in Des Moines, Iowa, to Addie F. and Ogilvie Sinclair Thomson. She married Marshall Ankeny Souers in 1918 and they had one son. Later, she studied with Marion Bauer in New York. During World War I, she worked as a studio accompanist for Grace Jones Jackson, and volunteered as a weekly entertainer on Red Cross programs.

Souers belonged to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), One of her choral compositions won First Prize from the National Federation of Music Clubs.

Souers’ papers are archived at the State Historical Society of Iowa in the Annals of Iowa. a sub-label of Dance Records, Inc. Souers’ music is published by Carl Fischer Inc., Hal Leonard, and Willis Music Co. Her compositions include: Ballet

Ballet of the Enchanted Dolls (piano, flute and voice; with Betty Bird and Titiana Grantzeva) Dance of the Field Mice

Piano

Dance Suite Under the Greenwood Tree “Christmas Folk Song” “Feed My Sheep” (text by Mary Baker Eddy) “Immortal” “Iowa, Beautiful Land” “What Christmas Means to Me” Winter Nocturne (for chorus)

Hear Impromptu by Mildred Souers Hear Ballet Of The Enchanted Dolls by Mildred Thompson Souers, Betty Bird, and Tatiana Grantzeva