Laura Sedgwick Collins

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Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927) was an American musician, composer and actress. Laura Sedgwick was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She graduated from the Lyceum School of Acting in New York City and performed in theaters in New York and Brooklyn. She played the piano and wrote music, including "The Two Republics" a march performed at the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXEEAAAAYAAJ&q=Laura+Sedgwick+Collins&pg=PA194|title=A woman of the century: fourteen hundred-seventy biographical sketches accompanied by portraits of Leading American Women, Volume 3|first1=Frances Elizabeth |last1=Willard|first2=Mary Ashton|last2=Livermore|page=194|accessdate=8 November 2010|year=1893|publisher=Moulton |isbn=9780722217139}} She belonged to the Music Teachers' National Association.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P5gPAAAAYAAJ&q=Laura+Sedgwick+Collins&pg=PA528|title=The musical times, Volume 38 By JSTOR (Organization)|accessdate=8 November 2010|date=August 1, 1897|page=528}}

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 {Du bist wie eine Blume} 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)