Anna Ware Poole (18 Dec. 1838 - 19 Jan. 1929) was an American composer, pianist, teacher, and vocalist. She composed songs and piano works.
Poole was born in Buffalo, New York, to Martha Fitch and Rushmore Poole. She attended the Misses Hill’s School in Buffalo. Poole studied piano with J. R. Blodgett and Louis Moreau Gottschalk, and voice with Carlotta Patti. She married Dr. Augustus Champman Hoxsie in 1868, and they had one daughter. After Hoxsie’s death, she married Dr. Joseph Tottenham Cook. She published under the name Anna Ware Poole.
Poole made her debut as a pianist in Buffalo, on a concert given by Gottschalk. She spent 11 years singing with Ettore Barilli and Carlotta Patti, and many years teaching private students.
Works Poole’s music was published by Blodgett & Bradford, Denton Cottier and Daniels, and Oliver Ditson Company, and included:
Piano
Cherub’s Waltz
March Militaire
Oyama Togo March
Sunlight and Shadow
Water Wheel
Vocal
“America! America!” (text by Rollin J. Wells)
“Life, Death and Resurrection”
“Love in a Look” (text by Harry Van Dyke)
“Salvation Mary” (text by Minna Irving)
“What Does Little Birdie Say” (text by Alfred Tennyson)
References
External links
Download sheet music for “America! America!” by Anna Ware Poole.
Download sheet music for “Salvation Mary” by Anna Ware Poole.
Download sheet music for March Militaire by Anna Ware Poole.
Download sheet music for “What Does Little Birdie Say” by Anna Ware Poole.