Irene Marschand Ritter

Irene Marschand Ritter was a composer, music teacher and organist. Her works for piano and voice number through opus 45. Although her birth and death dates are unknown, she published music and renewed copyrights between 1913 and 1960.
Ritter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her mother, a piano teacher, was Ritter’s first teacher. She also studied with Ida Cosden de Socio and with Dr. Duerner in Denver, Colorado.
In February 1920, The Etude magazine published a short article about Ritter and included the music for her composition Sparkling Fountain in the issue. Her composition Strutting Out was arranged for violin and piano or wind band by William H. Mackie and included in Theodore Presser’s Progressive Music for Orchestra.
Her composition Garden of Roses was widely arranged:
by Edgar Alden Barrell, Jr. with added lyrics for treble duet or two-part chorus
by William M. Felton for violin, cello, and piano and for school chorus
by Harry J. Lincoln for violin and piano or wind band
by Rob Roy Peery for violin and piano.
Ritter’s composition Keep Your Chin up in True Yankee Style was published in 1942 by Marschand Music Company. All of Ritter’s other works were published by Theodore Presser. Several works were copyrighted but unpublished. Ritter’s compositions included:

Piano

Air de Ballet
Among the Flowers
Beneath a Weeping Willow
Dance of the Imps, opus 45
Dancing Nymphs
Evening Shadows
Garden of Roses
Let’s Have a Picnic on Sunday ''
Lonesome and Blue '
Meditation
Pnesee d’Amour
Pond Lilies
Reminiscence
Sparkling Fountain
Squadrons of the Air '
Strutting Out
Summer Breezes
''Withered Roses''

Vocal

“Keep Your Chin Up in True Yankee Style”
“Someone”
“Sweetheart of the Year”
“Texas Tommy Tex”
“That’s Why All God’s Chillun is Born”
“Troubles, Troubles, and You Think You Got Troubles”