Erma Hoag Miranda

Erma Hoag Miranda
A white woman with dark hair, portrait stamped "Manuel Freres Paris"
Erma Hoag Miranda, from a 1929 publication
Born
Erma Mae Hoag

August 31, 1883
Plainfield, Illinois, U.S.
DiedDecember 2, 1964 (age 81)
St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)Singer, music educator, composer, clubwoman

Erma Mae Hoag Miranda (August 31, 1883 – December 2, 1964) was an American singer, music educator, and composer. She taught at Beloit College, Lincoln College, and Rocky Mountain College. One of her voice students was opera singer Anna Moffo.

Early life and education

Erma Hoag was born in Plainfield, Illinois, the daughter of Harry Clarence Hoag and Margaret Lillian Tait Hoag (later Margaret Hoag French).[1] In 1920 she graduated from Northwestern University's School of Music,[2][3] where she sang in the a cappella choir under director Peter Lutkin.[4] She also studied piano and composition with Emil Liebling,[5] and voice in Paris, with Marcelle Demougeot and Georges Mauguiere.[6]

Career

Miranda was a lyric soprano who performed as a church soloist and recitalist.[7][8] She and her husband taught in the music program at Beloit College,[9] where she organized and directed a fifty-voice a cappella choir.[10][11] They also taught at Lincoln College in Illinois.[7] They directed the music program at the Presbyterian church in Wayne, Pennsylvania, where one of her students was opera singer Anna Moffo.[12] The were co-directors of music at Rocky Mountain College in Montana.[5] Late in her career she taught at the St. Petersburg School of Music in Florida.[13][14]

Miranda wrote an opera, The Legend of the Trailing Arbutus.[15] She also wrote songs, including "Birds" (1928), a setting of a poem by Richard Henry Stoddard,[16] and songs for Delta Kappa Gamma and Soroptimist International.[17] She was a member of the Composers League of Florida.[15]

Compositions

  • "Birds", "I Am the Wind", "The Day Before April", "The Little Shepherd's Song", "Comforting", "A Christmas Lullaby" (1928, songs)[16][18]
  • "Etude Fantasy" and "Song without Words" (1928, compositions for piano)[18]
  • "On Barren Hills, the Shepherds" (1938, song, words by Irving Maurer)[19]
  • "Oh! The Delta Kappa Gamma Girls of Florida!" (1956, song)[17]
  • "Soroptimist International" (1956, song)[17]

Personal life

Hoag married organist Max Garver Miranda in 1917.[20] The Mirandas moved to Florida in 1953. She died in 1964, at the age of 81, in St. Petersburg, Florida.[6][15]

References

  1. ^ "Obituary for Margaret Hoag French". Chicago Tribune. 1935-06-05. p. 25. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Northwestern University (1923). President's Annual Report. p. 93.
  3. ^ "Max Miranda's Pupils Give Recital Tuesday; Miss Erma Hoag of Evanston, Ill., Will Assist". The South Bend Tribune. 1915-05-10. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "A Capella Choir" Music News (May 17, 1929): 12.
  5. ^ a b Rocky Mountain College (1949). Catalog. Rocky Mountain College. p. 13.
  6. ^ a b "Erma Miranda, 81 Ex-Music Teacher". Tampa Bay Times. 1964-12-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2025-07-21.
  7. ^ a b "Vesper Music at 4:30 Today". Herald and Review. 1940-01-14. p. 14. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Artists Give Recital; Max Wald and Mrs. Erma Hoag Miranda Score Success". The South Bend Tribune. 1917-11-20. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mirandas in Chicago" Music News (April 29, 1929): 17.
  10. ^ Costworth, Albert. "The Mirandas in Oak Park" Music News (May 10, 1929): 9.
  11. ^ "Directs Choir". The Journal Times. 1934-04-21. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Thanks, Mrs. M. -- From Anna Moffo". Tampa Bay Times. 1963-03-20. p. 47. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Fall Class Schedule Announced". Tampa Bay Times. 1955-09-18. p. 35. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "St. Petersburg School of Music". Tampa Bay Times. 1954-09-05. p. 17. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ a b c "Mrs. Erma Hoag Miranda Dies in Florida Hospital". The Billings Gazette. 1964-12-22. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ a b "Straws Point the Way" Music News 21(10)(March 8, 1929): 3.
  17. ^ a b c Library of Congress Copyright Office (1957). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. p. 179.
  18. ^ a b "Wisconsin Composers". The Wisconsin Catholic Club Woman. 2 (2): 17. February 1928.
  19. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1939. p. 1498.
  20. ^ "Society News". The South Bend Tribune. 1917-04-14. p. 5. Retrieved 2025-07-21 – via Newspapers.com.
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