Dee Libbey

Anastasia Delores Rohde Libbey (1 November 1919 – 4 July 1988) was an American composer who studied with Nadia Boulanger and wrote classical music as well as popular hit songs like "Mango". She published her music under the name Dee Libbey and the pseudonym Q'Adrianne Rohde.

Life and career

Libbey was born in Deland, Florida, to Anastasia Delores Shumate and Clifford Kahrwald Rohde. She won awards for playing xylophone in high school, then studied music at Stetson University; the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, France, and Chicago; and privately with several teachers. She sang tenor in at least one church choir. Her teachers included Nadia Boulanger, Dr. William Duckwitz, the xylophonist John Heney, and Leo Sowerby. She married Edwin B. Libbey and they had one son.

Libbey belonged to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and won an ASCAP award in 1961. "Mango" and some of her other songs were recorded by Petula Clark, Rosemary Clooney, Nat King Cole, Marion Ryan, and Ringo Shiina.

As Q'Adrianne Rohde, Libbey copyrighted a drawing in 1973 called The Unity Eagle. Her works were recorded by Columbia Records and published by G. Schirmer Inc. and Lawson Gould Music Publishers. Her compositions include:

List of compositions

Ballet

  • Bee Learns to Dance (piano and cello)
  • Set Free

Band

  • Percussive Positive

Chamber

  • Essence (piano)
  • Moving Tides (harp)
  • Orange Moon (flute and piano)

Operetta

  • Gretchen's Dream (for children)

Orchestra

  • Impressions of Leaking Faucet (tone poem)
  • Introspect (symphony in one movement)
  • Lost Forest (tone poem)

Play

  • Cry Out, Tragic Ode

Vocal

References

  1. ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers: a handbook. Metuchen London: the Scarecrow press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-8108-1138-6.
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  3. ↑ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice. A reference publication in women's studies. Boston, Mass: Hall. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-8161-8498-9.
  4. ↑ Who's Who of American Women. Marquis Who's Who. 1973. ISBN 978-0-8379-0409-2.
  5. ↑ Drone, Jeanette Marie (2007). Musical AKAs: assumed names and sobriquets of composers, songwriters, librettists, lyricists, hymnists, and writers on music. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. pp. 231, 567. ISBN 978-0-8108-5739-1. OCLC 62858081.
  6. ↑ "Delores Libbey - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  7. ↑ The Pacific Coast Musician. Colby and Pryibil. 1944.
  8. 1 2 3 "Dee Libbey". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  9. ↑ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1973). Works of Art: Reproductions of works of art; scientific and technical drawings; photographic works; prints and pictorial illustrations. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  10. ↑ Mangos. Retrieved 2024-04-09 – via www.youtube.com.
  11. ↑ Boenke, H. Alais (1988-10-19). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 70, 104. ISBN 978-0-313-36831-8.
  12. ↑ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1974). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  13. ↑ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1960). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
  14. ↑ Silver Bird (Remastered). Retrieved 2024-04-08 – via www.youtube.com.