Margaret Viola Wigham (February 3, 1904 – April 17, 1972) was a composer, music educator and pianist, born in
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
. She was nationally known as a mid-century composer of student piano pieces. Her pieces often had an educational focus such as
chromaticism,
counterpoint, learning to play in different keys, or using each hand independently. Her works were published by
Oliver Ditson Co., Willis Music, Harold Flammer Inc, Belwin Inc, and R. D. Row. They were also published in Braille and made available through the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.
Her compositions include:
Orchestra
*Concerto for Two Pianos
Piano
*''Bachette''
*''By the Little Mill''
*''Carefree''
*''Fun with a Hoop''
*''Gay Caprice''
*''Happitat''
*''Hop Along My Little Froggie''
*''In the Chapel''
*''Introduction and Sonatina''
*''Just Before Dawn''
*''Little Prelude''
*''Merrily Over the Waves We Go''
*''Musical Moods in All Keys''
*''Musical Playmates''
*''Now It's Time to Run and Play''
*''O So Happy''
*''Old Cowboy Trail''
*''On Swan Lake''
*''Puppet Mischief''
*''Rhapsody
''
*''Scampering Whole Steps''
*''Scherzino''
Vocal
*“I Wonder Where the Robins Go?” (words by Margaret Wigham and Wilma Wigham)
References
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American women composers
1972 deaths
1904 births
Compositions for piano
People from Minnesota