Bertha Anna Weber (March 31, 1887 – April 17, 1961) was an American composer and organist.[1]
Life and career
Weber was born in
New Baden, Illinois,[2] to John and Elizabeth Weber.[3] The family moved to
Pomona, California, in 1887. Weber studied music at
Pomona College, the
University of Southern California, and in Europe.[4] She was an organist at Pomona First Presbyterian Church in 1907, and later at Trinity Methodist Church for a number of years. She moved to
Berkeley and maintained a studio at the Hotel Claremont there from around 1924 until she moved to
Oakland in 1947. She continued composing and giving music lessons and recitals[5] until her death in 1961, when she committed suicide by stepping in front of a train.[6] She was a member of the professional music fraternity
Sigma Alpha Iota.[7]
Works
Weber's compositions were published by Willis Music Company.[8] They include:
^Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York.
ISBN0-9617485-2-4.
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