Katharine Mulky Warne

Katharine Mulky Warne (October 23, 1923 – April 24, 2015)^[1] was an American composer, pianist^[2] and teacher,^[3] who founded the Darius Milhaud Society^[4] and organized 15 Milhaud festivals in Cleveland, Ohio, to promote his music.^[5] She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[6] On June 27, 1953, She married Clinton L. Warne^[7] and they had three children: Kate, Clinton Jr. and Carolyn.^[8]

Warne studied with Darius Milhard at Mills College (BM 1945);^[9] Bernard Wagenaar at the Juilliard School of Music (MM 1947);^[10] and Donald Erb at the Cleveland Institute of Music (DMA 1975).^[11] She received first prize in the Mills College composition contest in 1944 and 1945 and attended Juilliard on a full fellowship in composition. She won first and second prizes in the Kansas Federation of Music Clubs contest in 1959,^[12] and received a grant from the Bascom Little Fund.^[13]

Warne held teaching positions at the University of Kansas, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, Kent State University, and the Laurel School. She wrote an article for The American Music Teacher in 1951 entitled "Some Aspects in the Teaching of Contemporary Music."^[14]

She was active in several musical organizations in addition to the Darius Milhaud Society: Mu Phi Epsilon, the Fortnightly Music Club, and the Cleveland Composers Guild. Her personal papers are archived in the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University,^[15] where the papers for the Darius Milhaud Society are also archived.^[16]

Her compositions include:

Ta Matete (flute, viola, harp and dancer)

Airplane Music (violin and piano)
Colored Reflections (recorder and harp)
Cryptic Evocation (flute and piano)
Dispositions (harp)
Easy Head Joint (flute)^[17]
Ebb and Flow (flute)
Echologue (two flutes)
Fantasy (violin and piano)
Fete (two violins and piano)
Friendly Conversation (clarinet and piano)
Fugal Consequences (percussion)
Interplay (piccolo, trumpet and cello)
Les Deux (two flute and two violins)
Meditation (organ)
Now (two flutes)
Passacaglia (carillon)
Sketch (carillon)
String Quartet
Tetrad (percussion)^[18]
Uncamouflaged (flute and piano)

Apollo-Orion (chamber orchestra)
Epigenesis

Anaphora
Claude et Francois
Gay Rondo (two pianos)
Passacaglia
Serenata Scherzando
Sketch for Carillon, 1951 (carillon)^[19]
Suite No. 3
Theme and Variations
Toccata
Whispers

Andromache (voice and unspecified instruments)
"Cradle Song" (soprano and harp)
Joining Cousins (soprano, bassoon and harp)
O God Our Help in Ages Past (chorus, organ, bells and percussion)
Psalm 36 (soprano, clarinet and organ)
Psalm 69 (three part women's voices and harp)
Songs (barione and piano)^[20]
Songs (soprano and piano)
Thy Church O God in Ev'ry Age (chorus, organ, bells and percussion)

[1]
Warne, Katharine (24 Apr 2015). "ancestry.com". Retrieved 17 Nov 2020.
[2]
Husarik, Stephen (1992). American Keyboard Artists. Chicago Biographical Center.
[3]
Stern, Susan, 1953- (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
[4]
"Katharine Warne Obituary (2015) - The Plain Dealer". obits.cleveland.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
[5]
"The U of A - CCG Archive: Katherine Mulky-Warne". www3.uakron.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
[6]
Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
[7]
International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Melrose Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-900332-77-7.
[8]
"Clinton Warne Obituary - Shaker Heights, Ohio - Tributes.com". www.tributes.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
[9]
"Mills Quarterly Fall 2001". Issuu. October 2001. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
[10]
Epsilon, Mu Phi (1987). The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon. Mu Phi Epsilon.
[11]
Pfitzinger, Scott (2017-03-01). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7225-5.
[12]
Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Revised and enlarged second ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
[13]
"Grantees". Bascom Little Fund. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
[14]
The American Music Teacher. Music Teachers' National Association. 1951.
[15]
"Biography of Katharine Warne - The Cleveland Memory Project". www.clevelandmemory.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
[16]
Warne, Katharine. "EAD - OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository". ead.ohiolink.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
[17]
Boenke, Heidi M. (1988). Flute music by women composers : an annotated catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-26019-2. OCLC 18258071.
[18]
Anderson, Ruth, 1928-2019. (1976). Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-1117-0. OCLC 2035024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
[19]
"Catalog". antonbrees.mlasolutions.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
[20]
Stewart-Green, Miriam. (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.

[1] [1]
Warne, Katharine (24 Apr 2015). "ancestry.com". Retrieved 17 Nov 2020.

[2] [2]
Husarik, Stephen (1992). American Keyboard Artists. Chicago Biographical Center.

[3] [3]
Stern, Susan, 1953- (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] [4]
"Katharine Warne Obituary (2015) - The Plain Dealer". obits.cleveland.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[5] [5]
"The U of A - CCG Archive: Katherine Mulky-Warne". www3.uakron.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[6] [6]
Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[7] [7]
International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Melrose Press. 1981. ISBN 978-0-900332-77-7.

[8] [8]
"Clinton Warne Obituary - Shaker Heights, Ohio - Tributes.com". www.tributes.com. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[9] [9]
"Mills Quarterly Fall 2001". Issuu. October 2001. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[10] [10]
Epsilon, Mu Phi (1987). The Triangle of Mu Phi Epsilon. Mu Phi Epsilon.

[11] [11]
Pfitzinger, Scott (2017-03-01). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7225-5.

[12] [12]
Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Revised and enlarged second ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[13] [13]
"Grantees". Bascom Little Fund. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[14] [14]
The American Music Teacher. Music Teachers' National Association. 1951.

[15] [15]
"Biography of Katharine Warne - The Cleveland Memory Project". www.clevelandmemory.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[16] [16]
Warne, Katharine. "EAD - OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository". ead.ohiolink.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-18.

[17] [17]
Boenke, Heidi M. (1988). Flute music by women composers : an annotated catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-26019-2. OCLC 18258071.

[18] [18]
Anderson, Ruth, 1928-2019. (1976). Contemporary American composers : a biographical dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-1117-0. OCLC 2035024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[19] [19]
"Catalog". antonbrees.mlasolutions.com. Retrieved 2022-06-02.

[20] [20]
Stewart-Green, Miriam. (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.

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