Alberta Grace Neiswanger Hall (November 10, 1870 – May 9, 1956), also known as Alberta N. Burton, was an American composer of children's songs and books.Alberta N. Burton
WorldCat Identities. Retrieved May 7, 2013 She wrote musical settings for 26 poems in " The Songs of Father Goose" by

L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...

in 1900. Her other works include musical settings for

Lizette Woodworth Reese Lizette Woodworth Reese (January 9, 1856 – December 17, 1935) was an American poet and teacher. Born in Maryland, she taught English for almost five decades in the schools of Baltimore. Though Reese was successful in prose as well as in poetry ...

and Percy Blackmer, as well as her own original lyrics, and have been called "full of genuine melodic charm and no little skill of harmonic workmanship." Neiswanger was born in

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, to Joseph Neiswanger and Marion Louise Paxson. She married George Eckart Hall in 1893 in Chicago. They later divorced. In 1902 in New Orleans, she married

Edmund F. Burton Edmund F. Burton (1862 – October 25, 1921) was an American physician who left medicine for the study of Christian Science. He was licensed to practice in Illinois, Arizona, and California. While still practicing medicine, he was a member of the A ...

, a physician who left medicine for the study of

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''Christian Science As a Religious Belief and a Therapeutic Agent''
(1909) pp.78-91, see p. 89f for Aberta N. Burton. Twentieth Century Company, Boston. Retrieved May 6, 2013 She also converted to the religion. She died in

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Selected works

* '' The Song of Father Goose'' (1900) – with

and

W. W. Denslow William Wallace Denslow (; May 5, 1856 – March 29, 1915), professionally W. W. Denslow, was an American illustrator and caricaturist remembered for his work in collaboration with author L. Frank Baum, especially his illustrations of ''The ...

* ''The Fruits of the Garden'' (May 1909) – article in ''

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Dorothy Lake Gregory Dorothy Lake Gregory (1893–1975) was an American artist best known for her work as a printmaker and illustrator of children's books. She took art classes in public school and at the age of fourteen began making drawings for a New York newspape ...

References

External links

*Burton, Alberta N
Testimony
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'' Vol. 36, Issue 46. (July 14, 1934). Retrieved May 6, 2013
"Seven Songs from Out-of-Doors", copyright Alberta N. Burton, Dec. 15, 1942
Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3. (1943). Retrieved May 7, 2013 1870 births 1956 deaths American women composers American composers American women writers Converts to Christian Science American Christian Scientists People from Richmond, Virginia American people of German descent {{US-writer-stub