Mary Eliza Watson Weaver (January 16, 1903 â November 16, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, and poet who was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Mary received B.A. and B. M. degrees from Smith College (Massachusetts) and Ottawa University (Kansas). She continued to study music with Rosario Scalero and Deems Taylor at the Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia), and privately in New York and France.
Mary married composer and organist Powell Weaver on March 24, 1938, and they had one son (Thomas Watson Weaver). She gave lectures and recitals, and taught piano at the Kansas City Conservatory, the Curtis Institute, the University of MissouriâÂÂKansas City (1946 â 1957), the Manhattan School of Music (New York; 1957 â 1970), and the Henry Street School of Music (New York).
Mary's compositions were published by Belwin-Mills, G. Schirmer Inc., Galaxy Music Corporation, and Shawnee Press. She collaborated with her husband on some compositions (noted below), and he set some of her poems to music. Her musical compositions, all for voice, include: