Louise V. Gustin

Louise V. Moore Gustin Taylor (December 23, 1868 – August 29, 1949) was an American composer of popular music. Early life Louise Vivian Moore was born in Jackson, Michigan, the daughter of Francis B. Moore and Louisa Rawlings Moore. Both of her parents were immigrants from Great Britain. Her father worked for the railroad, and her mother was a shopkeeper. Career Louise V. Gustin was a music teacher and piano demonstrator in Detroit when she began publishing her compositions with her colleague, Frederick E. Belcher (husband of composer Henriette Blanke-Belcher). Belcher’s catalog was soon acquired by Whitney-Warner Publishing, and then Jerome H. Remick, giving Gustin a wider potential audience beyond Detroit. “Janice Meredith: Waltzes” (1900), “When Knighthood Was in Flower: Waltzes” (1900), “X-N-Tric: Two Step” (1900), “Soldier of Fortune March” (1901), “Mistress Nell: Waltzes” (1901), “Viola Waltzes” (1901), “Lindy” (1902), “Neome: Waltzes (1903), “In Love’s Garden” (1904), “MM and MCB March Two-Step” (1905), “Let’s Trot” (1915), and “Waltz with Me: Waltzes” (1915). Some of Gustin’s music was available for player pianos. Writer and composer Monroe Rosenfeld mentioned her as an exa