Hannah Smith

Very little biographical information could be verified about the composer, Hannah Smith. According to imslp.org: Hannah Smith was a representative of American ideas in musical work, for her childhood as well as adult life belonged to New York City and vicinity, and her musical education was received in that city, with the exception of one season spent in Berlin, where she studied piano playing with Oscar Ralf and harmony with Robert Keller. Her professional activity in New York City was limited to piano and harmony teaching but added to this was considerable work of a literary character, which resulted in two books, Music: How It Came to Be What It Is and Founders of Music, two little books of verses with music, for children, as well as a number of compositions for piano and voice.