Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927) was an American musician, composer and actress. Laura Sedgwick was born in

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. She graduated from the Lyceum School of Acting in

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and performed in theaters in New York and

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. She played the piano and wrote music, including "The Two Republics" a march performed at the unveiling of the ''

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''. She belonged to the Music Teachers' National Association.

Works

Collins wrote mostly theater music, but also songs and violin pieces. Selected works include: *''The Two Republics'' *''Pierrot'', music for the play *''Electra'', music for the play (1889) *''Thou'rt like a lovely Flower'' part-song for men's voices, words by H. Heine (1900) *''The Night-Watch'', part-song for men's voices, words and music by L. S. Collins (1900) *''Love is a Sickness'', part-song, words by S. Daniel (1900) *''The Origin of the Rainbow'' (1908) *''My Philosophy'', song, words and music by L. S. Collins (1911) *''Sleepy Time'', song, words by A. Fitch (1913) *''Tree of Light!'', a community carol, words and music by L. S. Collins (1916) *''Everybody's Christmas! and It's your Christmas and mine!'' words by Louise Horton, two community carols for mixed voices with piano or organ accompaniment (1917) *''In memoriam: A tribute to Theodore Roosevelt'', (1919)

References

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