Alice Mills Palmer Streatch (January 3, 1909 - December 2, 1999)
was an American composer who wrote both the words and the music for most of her songs.
Streatch was born in
Rhode Island to Edith Markland Mills and Burrows Spalding Palmer. She married Harold Siteman Streatch in 1928 and they had twin daughters, Roberta and Alberta. Streatch lived in Rhode Island for most of her life, dying there in 1999.
Little is known about her education. Her music was published by
Boosey & Hawkes
Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and woodwind musical instruments.
Formed in 1930 throu ...
. Her compositions, all for voice, include:
*''Autumn Night'' (women’s chorus and piano; music by
Ron Nelson; text by Alice Streatch)
*“Charley is My Boy Friend”
*“Fare Thee Well”
*“How Old is Too Old for Love?”
*“I Call You April”
*“Prayer of Thanksgiving”
*“Roses and Lilacs and Plums”
*“Say You Love Me”
*“Try a Smile”
References
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American women composers
1909 births
1999 deaths
People from Rhode Island