Katherine Allen Lively
{{short description|American writer and musician}}
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Katherine Allen Lively was an American writer and musician. She was best known for her song, "Within the Walls of China" and for her piano performances in Houston, Texas in the early 20th century.
Biography
Lively was born in North Texas and began to play the piano at the age of six.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/newencyclopediao02davi|title=New encyclopedia of Texas, volume 2|publisher=Texas Development Bureau|year=1926|editor-last=Davis|editor-first=Ellis A.|location=Dallas, Texas|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newencyclopediao02davi/page/n327 1286]|editor-last2=Grobe|editor-first2=Edwin H.}}
Lively was well known as a pianist in Houston, according to the Houston Post.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40713910/the_houston_post/|title=Katherine Allen Lively Pleases Large Audience With Concert at Munn's|date=February 21, 1919|work=The Houston Post|access-date=December 17, 2019|pages=18|via=Newspapers.com}} She worked for two years as the music editor of the Houston Chronicle and the Houston Post. Lively also served as the music editor for Woman's Viewpoint.{{Cite news|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth229975/m1/6/|title=Woman's Viewpoint Beyond Man's Power|date=February 8, 1924|work=The Thresher|access-date=December 17, 2019|issue=18|edition=1|volume=9|page=6}} She also wrote music, including "Within the Walls of China" for piano.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20488969/katherine_allen_lively_mention_of_her/|title=Xville Music Study Club at Reed Home|date=December 1, 1945|work=The Daily Times|access-date=December 17, 2019|pages=3|via=Newspapers.com}} This song was featured in presentations of Broken Blossoms (1919).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40718251/austin_americanstatesman/|title=Katherine Allen Lively of Hous-|date=April 15, 1928|work=Austin American-Statesman|access-date=December 17, 2019|pages=27|via=Newspapers.com}} Lively was inspired to write the song after seeing the photoplay of Broken Blossoms.{{Cite journal|date=October 21, 1922|title=Movie Play Inspires Instrumental Number|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7JZQAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Katherine+Allen+Lively%22&pg=RA9-PA40|journal=The Music Trades|volume=64|pages=40|via=Google Books}} Lively was also known for her songs, "La Clavel," "Pekita" and "Texas" (1926). She was a charter member of the Thursday Morning Musical Club in Houston.{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo00carr|title=Standard history of Houston, Texas : from a study of the original sources|last=Carroll|first=B. H.|publisher=Knoxville, Tenn. : H. W. Crew|year=1912}}
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Category:Musicians from Houston
Category:American women pianists
Category:American women journalists
Category:American women songwriters
Category:Songwriters from Texas