Nannie Louise Wright
Nannie Louise Wright was an American composer, pianist, and teacher born in Fayette, Missouri. She graduated from Howard Payne College in Fayette and the Columbia School of Music in Chicago, Illinois. Wright studied piano with Mary Wood Chase in Chicago and with Josef Lhévinne in Berlin. She returned to Fayette to become the Director of Music at Howard Payne College in 1909. Later, she served as President of the Missouri State Music Teachers' Association and as Dean of Music at Central Methodist University's Swinney Conservatory of Music in Fayette.
Her compositions include:Orchestra
- Piano Concerto, opus 42
- Acrobatic Stunts
- American Indian Sketches, opus 63
- At Evening, opus 38
- Autumn, Winter, Spring
- Banjo Picker
- Bells Across the Valley
- Circus Parade
- Concert Study in C Major
- Glory to God
- Happy and Gay
- Hop, Skip and Play
- Humoresque
- Ice Skating
- In Springtime, opus 36 Jaunty Ride
- Juggler
- Melody in e minor
- Orchard Swing
- Roller Coaster
- Scarf Dance
- Scherzo
- Seven Melodious Pieces
- Six Little Pieces, opus 24
- Thoughts at Twilight
- Twelve Etudes
- Twelve Preludes
- Valse Poetique
- Veil Dance
- Waltz
