Nellie Bangs Skelton

Cornelia (“Nellie”) Pomeroy Bangs Skelton DePue (August 8, 1855 - November 23, 1911)[1] was an American composer,[2] pianist,[3] singer and vocal coach who toured the United States as a pianist. She published and performed as Nellie Bangs Skelton.[4]

Skelton was born in Lacon, Illinois, to Harriet Cornelia Pomeroy and Mark Bangs, a judge.[5] She began studying piano at age seven, and published her first composition at age eleven. She married John Skelton and later married Elmer DePue, but divorced both of them.[1] She studied piano in Chicago with Eugenie de Roode Rice.[6][7]

Skelton toured the United States as a pianist with the Marie Litta Company for two years in the early 1880s,[1] then joined the Slayton Concert Company as a pianist.[8] By 1896, she had formed her own concert company with her husband Elmer De Pue, a tenor.[9] She also taught piano at the Armour Institute[10] and at the Soper School of Oratory,[11] both in Chicago, and toured for the International Young People’s Lecture Bureau as a pianist.[12]

Skelton’s music was published by Clayton F. Summy [13] and Theodore Presser.[14] Her compositions include:

Piano

Vocal
  • “Asleep, Adream Awake Serenade” (text by Edmund Vance Cooke; music by Kate Vanderpoel; piano transcription by Nellie Bangs Skelton)[18]
  • “I’m a Merry Little Vivandiere” (text by Fanchon H. Thompson)[19] 

References
  1. "Cornelia Pomroy "Nellie" Bangs Skelton..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1 000 women composers born before 1900. Richards Rosen Press. OCLC 1137758426.
  4. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  5. Campbell, John A. (1902). A Biographical History, with Portraits, of Prominent Men of the Great West. . Western biographical and engraving Company.
  6. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
  7. Music and Musicians in Chicago: The City's Leading Artists, Organizations and Art Buildings, Progress and Development. F. Ffrench. 1899.
  8. Jno. B. Jeffery's Guide and Directory to the Opera Houses, Theatres, Public Halls, Bill Posters, Etc. of the Cities and Towns of America. Jeffery. 1883.
  9. Elite. 1896.
  10. The College Year-Book and Athletic Record. 1897.
  11. Marble, Charles C.; Higley, William Kerr (1897). Birds & Nature Magazine. Nature Study Publishing Company.
  12. Skelton, Nellie Bangs (1893). Michigan School Moderator.
  13. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1907). Catalog of Copyright Entries. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  14. Skelton, Nellie Bangs. "worldcat.org". Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  15. Presser, Theodore (1895). Etude. Presser.
  16. The Etude. T. Presser. 1900.
  17. Mathews, William Smythe Babcock (1897). Music: A Monthly Magazine, Devoted to the Art, Science, Technic and Literature of Music. W. S. B. Mathews.
  18. Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1899.
  19. Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
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