Dorothy Geneva Styles

Dorothy Geneva Styles (December 13, 1922 - February 12, 1984)^[1] was an American composer,^[2] mathematician,^[3] organist, and poet.

Styles was born in El Dorado, Arkansas,^[4] to Minnie A. Shelnut and Alfred Alexander Styles. She demonstrated musical talent as a child, performing on WEXL radio at age 10, and giving music lessons as a teenager. Styles married Dennis Glenn Van Eck in 1941 and divorced him in 1945.^[1] She graduated from the Detroit Institute of Musical Arts and received a B.Mus. from the University of Detroit Mercy in 1945, a B.S. from Columbia University in 1954,^[5] and an M.A. from the University of Michigan in 1970.^[6]

Styles taught and also worked as an organist at Hazel Park Baptist Tabernacle in Hazel Park, Michigan, and as a choir director at St. Timothy’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wayne, Michigan.^[6] Her publications included:

Prose[edit]

A Prime Number Theorem^[7]

An Extension of the Idea of Countability as Applied to Real Numbers^[6]

Centaur^[8]

Projections of the Natural Harmonic Series: Some Implications^[6]

Sea Chanty^[8]

Young Verses for the Early Old^[6]

Vocal[edit]

“I Sing a Song”^[6]

“Japanese Raindrops” (music by Bernadette Daria Bohdanowycz; words by Styles)^[9]

“Love Song”^[10]

“Lullaby”^[6]

“Mother, Tell Me”^[6]

“Mrs. Santa Claus Loves Mr. Santa Claus”^[6]

“Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag”^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Styles, Dorothy Geneva. "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 1999-11-27. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ Directory of Women in Marquis Who's Who Publications, 1984. Marquis Who's Who. 1983. ISBN 978-0-8379-6401-0.
^ Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
^ Regents, University of Michigan Board of (1969). Proceedings of the Board of Regents. The University.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1973). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1971: January-June. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
^ ^a ^b Fresco. University of Detroit. 1958.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1972). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
^ Jacoby, Grover I. (1951). Variegation.

[:0-1] Styles, Dorothy Geneva. "Ancestry® | Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 1999-11-27. Retrieved 2021-10-16.

[2] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[3] Directory of Women in Marquis Who's Who Publications, 1984. Marquis Who's Who. 1983. ISBN 978-0-8379-6401-0.

[4] Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.

[5] Regents, University of Michigan Board of (1969). Proceedings of the Board of Regents. The University.

[:1-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[7] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1973). Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1971: January-June. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[:2-8] Fresco. University of Detroit. 1958.

[9] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1972). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.

[10] Jacoby, Grover I. (1951). Variegation.

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