Amy Upham Thomson McKean
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22 February 1893
- Ralph E. Thomson (father)
- Anna J. Thomson (mother)
Amy Upham Thomson-McKean | |
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| Born | Amy Thomson 22 February 1893 |
| Died | 1972 (aged 78–79) |
| Occupations | Pianist, songwriter, composer |
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Amy Upham Thomson-McKean (b. 22 February 1893 d. 1972) was an American pianist, songwriter and composer. Amy Thomson's father, Ralph E. emigrated from Glasgow in Scotland as a young man. Her mother was Anna J. Thomson and she had one brother Robert Stanley Thomson.[1] She married Alexander Mathew McKean Sept. 17, 1917 at Lafayette Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, and had a daughter, Elaine (May 4, 1924) and son, Robert Alexander (September 25, 1918).
Amy Thomson attended high school in Boston where she studied with Felix Fox at the Fox-Buonamici School of Pianoforte at 403 Marlborough Street. She began to write compositions,[2] and studied with Bainbridge Christ and went on to publish songs and short works for violin and piano under both the names Amy Upham Thomson and Amy Thomson-McKean.[3][4] Thomson-McKean appeared on concert and recital programs in Brooklyn in the 1910s - 1930s.[5] She broadcast on Margaret Speaks on WOR NY in the 1920s.
Her papers are archived by her great-niece, artist Jamieson Thomas of Wilmington, DE.