Vera Kistler
Vera Kistler (also: Věra Kistlerová , nee Věra Polenová ; * March 23, 1929 ; † August 3, 2006 ) was an American composer, music teacher and writer of Czech origin.
Vera Polenova married the American citizen Thomas C. Kistler in 1947 and went with him to Darlington, South Dakota. In 1949 she became an American citizen. She studied music education at Coker College (Bachelor 1969) and at the University of South Carolina (Master 1973). In 1987 she obtained a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from USC . She worked as a music teacher and composed around 40 choral and solo works based on poems by well-known lyricists and her own texts (including Song of Myself , Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening , To the Thawing Wind , Morning Star , Measure Me, Sky ! , Once a Year At Christmas , Mary's Lamb , Marching With the River , A Rilke Trilogy , Good Night, Beloved ) as well as several chamber music and orchestral works. She has also published three novels, as well as poems, essays and short stories in literary magazines in the US, Canada and Europe.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kistler, Vera |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kistlerová, Věra; Polenová, Věra |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, music teacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1929 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 2006 |