Anne Upton facts for kids
Florine Anne Upton Baldwin (born June 28, 1892 – died September 8, 1970) was a talented American composer and radio writer. She published her creative works using the name Anne Upton.
Anne Upton was born in Marble Falls, Arkansas, a small town in Arkansas. Her parents were Canzadia Ramsey and Albert Franklin Upton. She had a son named Rex Allen Head, who was born in Texas in 1916. Around 1926, she married Donald A. Baldwin. Anne lived in Los Angeles, California, from at least 1930 until she passed away in 1970. We don't know much about her early music lessons. However, she did study writing at the Frederick Palmer Institute of Authorship in Hollywood, California.
What Did Anne Upton Do?
Anne Upton was a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). This is an important group for people who write music and songs. She worked as a writer and producer for radio shows. In the early 1940s, she wrote the words for several songs that were set to music by a composer named William T. Wilkins. They worked together under the name "Wilton House, Los Angeles."
Anne Upton's Musical Works
Anne Upton wrote many different kinds of music. Here are some of her compositions:
Opera
- Book of Ruth
Orchestra
- Cattle at Eventide (This was a symphonic poem, which is like a story told with music by an orchestra.)
Theatre
- Anne's Minstrels: an Old Time Show in Two Parts (This was a show for the stage.)
Vocal Music
- Children, Emancipate (This was an oratorio, a large musical work for voices and instruments, usually telling a story.)
- Doves of Heavenly Peace (This was for mixed voices, with music by William T. Wilkins and words by Anne Upton.)
- Father Lead Me (Also for mixed voices, with music by William T. Wilkins and words by Anne Upton.)
- Gabriel a Singin' (For mixed voices, with music by William T. Wilkins and words by Anne Upton.)
- I Wanna be Good Lak Jesus Lawd (For mixed voices, with music by William T. Wilkins and words by Anne Upton.)
- Life of Jesus (This was a cantata, a musical piece for voices, often with instruments, smaller than an oratorio.)
- Morninglight (For mixed voices, with music by William T. Wilkins and words by Anne Upton.)
- Pistol - Totin' Pappy (This was for a singer and a piano.)
- Remember the Four (This piece was a memorial for JFK, President John F. Kennedy.)
- The Stars Wrote a Song About You (This was for a singer and a piano.)
- Toilin' by de Light oh Mah Lord (For mixed voices, with music by William T. Wilkins and words by Anne Upton.)
