Kate Simmons
American composer
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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
Voice
- "Good Bye" (text by F. W. Green; arranged by Alfred Lee)[5]
- Download sheet music for Racquet Galop by E. Kate Simmons
External links
Free scores by Simmons at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)