Emma Kate Simmons Flint (March 3, 1850 - March 8, 1926) [1] was an American composer [2] and philanthropist who is best known for her piano piece Racquet Galop, [3] which sold over 100,000 copies. [4] She published her music under the name Kate Simmons or E. Kate Simmons.
Simmons was born in Troy, New York, to Mary Sophia Gleason and Joseph Ferris Simmons, a banker. [5] She married the successful businessman Charles Ranlett Flint in 1883 [6] and they lived in Manhattan. [1]
Little is known about Simmons’ education. She donated the money she made from her musical compositions to charity, endowing a bed at St. Luke’s Hospital with the proceeds from Racquet Galop. [5]
Simmons’ music was published in America and internationally by Augener & Co., Carl Fischer Music, Charles Sheard & Co., Edwin Ashdown Ltd., Hachette & Co., and Oliver Ditson & Co. [7] Racquet Galop was arranged for various instruments by Winslow Lewis Hayden and L. Winner, among others. [5] Her compositions included:
Emma Kate Simmons Flint (March 3, 1850 - March 8, 1926) [1] was an American composer [2] and philanthropist who is best known for her piano piece Racquet Galop, [3] which sold over 100,000 copies. [4] She published her music under the name Kate Simmons or E. Kate Simmons.
Simmons was born in Troy, New York, to Mary Sophia Gleason and Joseph Ferris Simmons, a banker. [5] She married the successful businessman Charles Ranlett Flint in 1883 [6] and they lived in Manhattan. [1]
Little is known about Simmons’ education. She donated the money she made from her musical compositions to charity, endowing a bed at St. Luke’s Hospital with the proceeds from Racquet Galop. [5]
Simmons’ music was published in America and internationally by Augener & Co., Carl Fischer Music, Charles Sheard & Co., Edwin Ashdown Ltd., Hachette & Co., and Oliver Ditson & Co. [7] Racquet Galop was arranged for various instruments by Winslow Lewis Hayden and L. Winner, among others. [5] Her compositions included: