Ruth Shaw Wylie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ruth Shaw Wylie

composer

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1916

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 30-Jan-1989

Profession: composer, music pedagogue

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ruth Shaw Wylie (24 June 1916 – 30 January 1989) was a U.S.-born composer and music educator.
She described herself as “a fairly typical Midwestern composer,” pursuing musical and aesthetic excellence but not attracting much national attention: “All good and worthy creative acts do not take place in New York City,” she wrote in 1962, “although most good and worthy rewards for creative acts do emanate from there; and if we can’t all be on hand to reap these enticing rewards we can take solace in the fact that we are performing good deeds elsewhere.” She was among the many twentieth-century American composers whose work contributed to the recognition of American “serious” music as a distinct genre.