df_f_musicians_2_para: 25

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rowid	first_name	last_name	gender	career_sec	personal_sec	info	seed_first_name	seed_last_name	occupation
25	Toccara	Beale	f	By 1881, at the age of twenty, she had been published by Oliver Ditson, founder of Oliver Ditson and Company, one of the major music publishing houses of the late 19th century. Under the name F. Atherton, she published some of her earliest compositions, such as “St. Botolph March”. She was now a prominent music teacher in Boston and an acclaimed composer and chose a professional name, which wasn’t her birth name. She continued to publish her works under the name of Florence Atherton. Atherton was her middle name, a legacy inherited from her maternal ancestors. During her formative years, Samuel Atherton (1815-1895) was highly involved in the Stoughton Musical Society, the oldest in the country, which had been set up by a number of male singers in honor of her great grandfather William Billings. Samuel Atherton, like many of her family had moved from Stoughton, Massachusetts to Boston. He was instrumental in building up Boston reputation in the arts during this period, particularly once elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1867. After Ditson’s death in 1888, she was published by another Boston house, Allan & Co., immediately followed in 1901 by C. W. Thompson & Co, a relationship which lasted the rest of her professional career. “The Reverie”, for the piano, became a lasting success. It was arranged for orchestra and for the organ. She later, upon marriage at the age of twenty six , published under the name of Florence Atherton Spalding . Less than 12 months later her father died. As Mrs Spalding, she would have followed the inauguration of the Peabody Mason Concerts in 1891. Her composition “Liebestraum” was submitted, allegedly without her knowledge to the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, which was referred to at the time as the Chicago World‘s Fair. Her composition was well received and she was awarded a medal and a diploma. By 1901 she was widely known across the country, with the widening availability of parlor sheet music. She composed the music for a New York operetta called “Lady Nancy”, which ran during the 1904 season. Spalding continued to write and publish new compositions up to 1916. (*) not a complete list of her works	She married George Frederick Spalding (1859-1946) of Newton, Massachusetts at the age of twenty-six, in Lynn, Massachusetts on November 18, 1885. Her husband was a Harvard graduate of 1883, who commenced a shoe manufacturing business immediately after completing his studies and became a successful Boston merchant. They had five children. The first was born in Connecticut, where she resided for a time. The others were born upon their return to Massachusetts. Her eldest was Atherton Spaulding (1887-1955); in keeping with her love for the old family name. Her youngest son, John Varnum Spalding (1897-1979), was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1944 to 1971. Her daughter Margaret “Peggy” Spalding (1898-1917) early life experiences are covered a book titled, “The girl in the Text”, which relates a same sex relationship amongst two females in Cape Cod and their subsequent double suicide. Her two other youngest children were Rosamond Spalding (1891-1976) and Robert E. Spalding (1893-1966).	By 1881, at the age of twenty, she had been published by Oliver Ditson, founder of Oliver Ditson and Company, one of the major music publishing houses of the late 19th century. Under the name F. Atherton, she published some of her earliest compositions, such as “St. Botolph March”. She was now a prominent music teacher in Boston and an acclaimed composer and chose a professional name, which wasn’t her birth name. She continued to publish her works under the name of Toccara Atherton. Atherton was her middle name, a legacy inherited from her maternal ancestors. During her formative years, Samuel Atherton (1815-1895) was highly involved in the Stoughton Musical Society, the oldest in the country, which had been set up by a number of male singers in honor of her great grandfather William Billings. Samuel Atherton, like many of her family had moved from Stoughton, Massachusetts to Boston. He was instrumental in building up Boston reputation in the arts during this period, particularly once elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1867. After Ditson’s death in 1888, she was published by another Boston house, Allan & Co., immediately followed in 1901 by C. W. Thompson & Co, a relationship which lasted the rest of her professional career. “The Reverie”, for the piano, became a lasting success. It was arranged for orchestra and for the organ. She later, upon marriage at the age of twenty six , published under the name of Toccara Atherton Beale . Less than 12 months later her father died. As Mrs Beale, she would have followed the inauguration of the Peabody Mason Concerts in 1891. Her composition “Liebestraum” was submitted, allegedly without her knowledge to the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, which was referred to at the time as the Chicago World‘s Fair. Her composition was well received and she was awarded a medal and a diploma. By 1901 she was widely known across the country, with the widening availability of parlor sheet music. She composed the music for a New York operetta called “Lady Nancy”, which ran during the 1904 season. Beale continued to write and publish new compositions up to 1916. (*) not a complete list of her worksShe married George Frederick Beale (1859-1946) of Newton, Massachusetts at the age of twenty-six, in Lynn, Massachusetts on November 18, 1885. Her husband was a Harvard graduate of 1883, who commenced a shoe manufacturing business immediately after completing his studies and became a successful Boston merchant. They had five children. The first was born in Connecticut, where she resided for a time. The others were born upon their return to Massachusetts. Her eldest was Atherton Spaulding (1887-1955); in keeping with her love for the old family name. Her youngest son, John Varnum Beale (1897-1979), was an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1944 to 1971. Her daughter Margaret “Peggy” Beale (1898-1917) early life experiences are covered a book titled, “The girl in the Text”, which relates a same sex relationship amongst two females in Cape Cod and their subsequent double suicide. Her two other youngest children were Rosamond Beale (1891-1976) and Robert E. Beale (1893-1966).	Florence	Spalding	musicians