Florence McPherran

Florence Kilbourne McPherran (died after April 1919) was an American pianist and composer of popular tunes, based in Chicago, Illinois.

Florence McPherran
Florence McPherran, from a 1903 newspaper.
Occupationcomposer, pianist
Years active1900-1910

Music
"Sweet Barbara Dale" (1900) (NYPL Hades-609037-1257199), words and music by Florence McPherran

By 1903, McPherran was well known in Chicago as a pianist and composer.[1] Published works by McPherran included "The Spinning Song" (1900), "Sweet Barbara Dale" (1900), "I's Got No Use Foh Show Folks" (1901, lyrics by Richard Hanch), "Eugenia Waltzes", "Laughing Lucas: Characteristic March and Two-step" (1901), "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast/I Only Know I Love You" (1902, lyrics by Gilbert Hollman), "I Wonder If 'Twas Very Wrong?" (1902, lyrics by Gilbert Hollman),[2] "Cuddle Up, Huddle Up: Ethiopian Lullaby" (1903, lyrics by Richard Hanch), "My Heart is Yours" (1903, lyrics by Richard Hanch), "When Love's Dream was in Bloom" (1903, lyrics by W. L. Titus), "Under the Wire: March and Two-step" (1904),[3] "One Thought of You", "The Tale of the Snowflake" (1905), "Nedra: Waltzes" (1906),[4] "La Zurita: Intermezzo Two-Step" (1907), "Fi-Fi: Novelette Two-step" (1907),[5] "Dottie Dimple March and Two-step" (1907),[6] and "Sunny Sue: A Coon Ditty" (1907, lyrics by Arthur J. Lamb).[7] Several of her tunes were available on piano rolls.[8]

Personal life

Florence Klibourne was raised and educated in Chicago.[1] She married Canadian-born Chicago stock broker, Edward Hammond McPherran. The McPherrans moved to Pasadena, California by 1906, and built a house there.[9] She inherited another Pasadena home from her aunt, Elmira C. Stone, widow of Seattle mayor, in 1912.[10] She was widowed in 1919 when Edward McPherran died.[11]

References
  1. "Women's Compositions to be Heard at a Concert". The Inter Ocean. July 19, 1903. p. 26. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington. Treasury Department. 1902. pp. 701–702.
  3. Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington. Treasury Department. 1903. p. 484.
  4. McPherran, Florence, "Nedra - Waltzes" (1906). Parlor Salon Sheet Music Collection. Score 1774; Digital Comons, University of Maine.
  5. Grainger, Geoff. "Florence McPherran". Composers. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
  6. Heinrich; McPherran, Florence (1906). "Dottie Dimple : march and two-step / by Florence McPherran". SUNY Digital Repository.
  7. Tjaden, Ted. Women Composers of Ragtime.
  8. Chicago, Melville Clark Piano Co (1905). Catalog of Music Rolls for the Apollo Piano: Apollo Concert Grand, Apollo and Apolloette Piano Players and the Orpheus, Self-playing Orchestrion. pp. 119, 145, 186, 188, 416.
  9. "Pasadena News Notes". The Los Angeles Times. September 4, 1909. p. 24. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Large Settlement Made". The Los Angeles Times. June 1, 1912. p. 23. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Pasadenan Dies". The Los Angeles Times. April 27, 1919. p. 11. Retrieved July 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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