Jeanette Laura Tillett (August 8, 1888 – July 22, 1965) was an American composer and music educator based in Texas. Tillett was born in Abilene to Henry Augustus and Mary Benjamin Smith Tillett. Her father was an attorney who represented his district in the Texas Senate. Her birth name was "Nettie," which she later changed to "Jeanette." Tillett studied piano with

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and

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. She founded and managed the Fort Worth Conservatory of Music, and also taught at

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. She belonged to

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. In 1932, she was a founding member of the Fort Worth Music Teachers Association, serving as its president in 1954–55. Tillett's fellow composer Esther Cox Todd promoted and sold Tillett's music after her death in 1965. Tillett's compositions were published by Belwin Inc. and Willis Music Co. They included:

Chamber

*Blue Bonnets of Texas (piano, violin & voice)

Piano

*Sonata No. 1 in C Major *Teen Topics Sonatina *Three Western Sketches

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tillett, Jeanette American composers American women composers Musicians from Abilene, Texas American music educators 1888 births 1965 deaths Texas Christian University faculty