Blanche Moerschel
Blanche Moerschel (born December 2, 1915 - November 30, 2004 in Waupaca , Wisconsin ) was an American composer and organist.
Moerschel had piano lessons from the age of five. In the early 1930s she studied organ, music theory and piano for a year at the Oberlin Conservatory . From 1936 (until 1973) she worked as an organist at various churches in Chicago. She continued her education at the Cosmopolitan School of Music in Chicago, where she received degrees in composition (1940) and piano (1941) and taught piano from 1941 to 1943. She completed her piano training with Mollie Margolies at the Chicago Musical College , and she also took three years of private composition lessons with Rosetter G. Cole .
After marrying the German emigrant Eugen Moerschel, Blanche Moerschel devoted herself mainly to bringing up her five sons. From 1958 to 1972 she was a music teacher at the Timothy Christian Grade School in Cicero, Illinois, and from 1974 she privately taught piano, organ and music theory in Waupaca. After continuing to study piano with Michael Keller, she worked as a piano accompanist at the University of Wisconsin from 1979 to 1983 . During this time she performed some of her own works and performed as a piano soloist in Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles.
Works
- Flutiano for flute and piano
- Improvised hymns for piano and tenor
- Psalm 139: A Psalm of David for high voice and piano
- The Song of Songs , duet for soprano and baritone with
- Three Cradle Songs for solo voice and piano
- Ticha voda do Dunajka padala / Quiet Water for solo voice and piano
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| SURNAME | Moerschel, Blanche |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, organist, pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1915 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 2004 |
| Place of death | Waupaca , Wisconsin |