Nannie Louise Wright facts for kids

Nannie Louise Wright (born June 30, 1879 – died March 16, 1958) was an amazing American musician. She was a composer, a pianist, and a teacher. Nannie was born in a town called Fayette, Missouri.

She went to college at Howard-Payne Junior College in Fayette. She also studied music at the Columbia School of Music in Chicago. Nannie loved playing the piano. She learned from famous teachers like Mary Wood Chase and Josef Lhévinne. Josef Lhévinne taught her in Berlin, Germany!

In 1909, Nannie came back to Fayette. She became the Director of Music at Howard-Payne College. Later, she led the Missouri State Music Teachers' Association. She also became the Dean of Music at Central Methodist University's Swinney Conservatory of Music.

Nannie's Musical Compositions

Nannie Louise Wright wrote many different kinds of music. She composed pieces for orchestras and for the piano.

Music for Orchestra

• Piano Concerto, opus 42 (This is a big piece for piano and orchestra. She also made a version for two pianos.)

Music for Piano

Nannie wrote many pieces just for the piano. Here are some of her well-known works:

• Acrobatic Stunts (1949)
• Air de Ballet
• American Indian Sketches, opus 63 (1921)
• At Evening, opus 38
• Autumn, Winter, Spring
• Banjo, opus 74 no. 4
• Banjo Picker
• Bee and the Clover
• Bell
• Bells Across the Valley (1953)
• Birds, opus 36 no. 3
• Circus Parade, opus 30 no. 1
• Concert Study in C Major (1924)
• Dance of the Brownies, opus 98, no. 2
• Glory to God (1953)
• Grandmother's Minuet, opus 98 no. 1
• Happy and Gay (1949)
• Hop, Skip and Play (1953)
• Humoresque
• Ice Skating (1949)
• In Springtime, opus 36
• Jaunty Ride (1949)
• Juggler
• March, opus 22
• March of the Boy Scouts, opus 74 no. 1
• Melody in e minor (1949)
• Miniature Etudes, opus 71
• Night Song
• Orchard Swing (1942)
• Pieces, opus 24
• Plantation Dance, opus 98 no. 3
• Prelude, opus 25 no. 1
• Roller Coaster (1953)
• Rondo, opus 4 no. 1
• Scarf Dance
• Scherzo (1953)
• Serenade, opus 14
• Seven Melodious Pieces
• Six Little Pieces, opus 24
• Thoughts at Twilight (1949)
• Twelve Etudes
• Twelve Preludes (1915)
• Valse Poetique (1953)
• Veil Dance
• Venetian Serenade
• Waltz