Viola Van Katwijk

Viola Edna Beck Van Katwijk (26 February 1894 – 25 December 1980) was an American composer and pianist. Her music was published under the names Viola Beck and Viola Van Katwijk.

Early life Van Katwijk was born in Denison, Texas, to German immigrants Mina Frank and Max Oswald Beck. She and her sister Irma studied piano in Berlin with Richard Burmeister.

Career Van Katwijk made her debut as a solo pianist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in 1914.

Van Katwijk composed piano and vocal music. She won the national Mu Phi Epsilon composition contest in 1920 and 1930. and one second prize in the San Antonio Club piano composition contest. She was a charter member of the Dallas Music Teachers Association and of the Mu Chi Chapter of the Mu Phi Epsilon music fraternity. Three manuscripts of Van Katwijk's compositions are archived at the Texas Woman's University Library in Denton, Texas.

Compositions Van Katwijk's compositions include:

Piano

''Dusk on a Texas Prairie "Winter Valley"