Ruth Tripp
Ruth Erskine Tripp (December 26, 1897 – May 1971) was an American[1] composer,[2][3] music critic,[4] educator,[5] and pianist.[6] She administered the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project (WPA FMP) in the state of Rhode Island from 1940 to 1943.[7]
Tripp was born in Dighton, Massachusetts, to Everett E. and Martha Erskine Tripp. She had three sisters: Martha, Elsie, and Gertrude.[8] In 1903 the family moved to Central Falls, Rhode Island.[7]
Tripp graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and studied music in France at the Conservatorie Fountainbleu (probably one of the Fontainebleau Schools) in 1922.[9] Her teachers included May Atwood Anderson, Avis Bliven Charbonnel, and Ferdinand Motte-Lacroix.[10]
Tripp taught music at the Gordon School, a private school in Providence,[4] and later at the University of Rhode Island and Bryant College (today Bryant University).[7] She was music critic[11] for the Providence Journal-Bulletin for 27 years, and also worked as a church choir director and organist.[12] She served as president of Rhode Island's Federation of Music Clubs,[13] and received awards from the American Symphony Orchestra League (today the League of American Orchestras) and the Music Critics Association.[14] Tripp also participated in Rhode Island's Chaminade Club.[7]
Tripp's papers are archived at the Rhode Island Historical Society. She wrote a short story entitled The Jacknife.[7] Her musical compositions[15] include:
- Chamber
- Bergerette (flute and strings)[16]
- Operetta
- Rabbit's Foot (lyrics by Grace Sherwood)[7]
- Wedding of Miss Mary Krissmass and Mr. Sandy Claws (lyrics by Grace Sherwood)[7]
- Vocal
- "Christmas Folk Song" (text by Lizette Woodworth Reese)[7]
- "Earth Bread"[7]
- In the Days of Herod the King (three women's voices; text Matthew 11:1–11)[7]
- Land Grant: A Free Choral Adaptation of Portions of the Morrill Act of 1862 (M) Ostrich (text by Charles Malam)[7]
- "Rivals" (text by James Stephens; written for the 1948 Gordon School commencement)[7]
- "Rhode Island Campaign Song"[7]
- Same Country (strings, harp, and choir; text Luke II: 8–14)[17]
- Songs of the Sea (with Grace Sherwood)[7]
- "Solitary Place shall be Glad" (text Isaiah 35:1-2-10)[7]
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- American women composers
- 20th-century American composers
- 1897 births
- 1971 deaths
- American music educators
- 20th-century American educators
- 20th-century American women educators
- Works Progress Administration administrators
- New England Conservatory alumni
- University of Rhode Island faculty
- Bryant University faculty
- American music critics
- American women music critics