Emma Kate Simmons Flint (March 3, 1850 - March 8, 1926)[1] was an American composer[2] and philanthropist who is best known for her piano piece Racquet Galop,[3] which sold over 100,000 copies.[4] She published her music under the name Kate Simmons or E. Kate Simmons.

Simmons was born in Troy, New York, to Mary Sophia Gleason and Joseph Ferris Simmons, a banker.[5] She married the successful businessman Charles Ranlett Flint in 1883[6] and they lived in Manhattan.[1]

Little is known about Simmons’ education. She donated the money she made from her musical compositions to charity, endowing a bed at St. Luke’s Hospital with the proceeds from Racquet Galop.[5]

Simmons’ music was published in America and internationally by Augener & Co., Carl Fischer Music, Charles Sheard & Co., Edwin Ashdown Ltd., Hachette & Co., and Oliver Ditson & Co.[7] Racquet Galop was arranged for various instruments by Winslow Lewis Hayden and L. Winner, among others.[5] Her compositions included:

Piano

  • Berceuse (Cradle Song)[5]
  • El Fresco Waltz[8]
  • From East to West Waltz[5]
  • Gigue Fantastique[5]
  • Invincible Galop[5]
  • Lawn Tennis Galop[5]
  • Poste[5]
  • Racquet Galop[9]
  • Racquet Polka[7]
  • Racquet Quickstep[7]
  • Royal Fanfare Galop[5]

Voice

References

  1. 1 2 "ccm :: Simmons, Kate Simmons". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  2. ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  3. ↑ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
  4. ↑ Music & Drama. Music and Drama Publishing Company. 1882.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "ccm :: Simmons, Kate Simmons". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. ↑ Simmons, Kate (14 February 1934). "Times Union". Newspapers.com. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. 1 2 3 Hutchinson, Asa Burnham (1859). Hannah's at the Window Binding Shoes. Oliver Ditson & Company.
  8. ↑ Hampton's Magazine. Columbian-Sterling Publishing Company. 1910.
  9. ↑ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900. R. Rosen Press. OCLC 770809290.
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