Rosalie Housman

Rosalie Housman (June 25, 1888 – October 28, 1949) was an American composer of mostly songs and chamber music, journalist, and lecturer. Many of her compositions were sung by notable musicians. She received praise and some criticism of her work. Personal life Housman was born on June 25, 1888, in San Francisco. She studied at the University of California and in England. She was a pupil of Arthur Foote, Ernest Bloch, Oscar Weil, and Walter Henry Rothwell. Housman later lectured in the Eastern United States. She traveled back to San Francisco to visit until her death. Career Housman wrote more than 100 compositions, which were performed in a variety of concerts and on the radio in the United States and England. Some of her other compositions were sung by Florence Macbeth, Florence Easton, Greta Masson, Sara Teasdale, and Mary Jordan. Housman interviewed composer E. Robert Schmitz for The Music News in 1921. Compositions Housman wrote chamber music for the violin and piano, as well as wrote songs for the piano that also included choral music. She composed music for an entire synagogue service. She wrote compositions for the poem Tora-Binder by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, the poem The Look by