Lola Carrier Worrell


Lola Carrier Worrell was an American composer who wrote instrumental music, songs, and at least one piece for musical theatre. Born in St. Johns, Michigan, she studied music with Carlos Sobimo, Francis Hendricks and Horace E Tureman. Lola married Edward S. Worrell Jr. on January 12, 1891, and they had three daughters. The family maintained homes in New York and Colorado, where Lola founded the Denver American Music Society and served as its first president. She also organized and served as the pianist for the Chamber Music Quintet of Denver. Along with other musicians such as Caroline Holme Walker, Lola maintained a studio at Brinton Terrace in Denver, where she coached pianists, singers, and young composers. She gave recitals with contralto Louis Merten, whom she accompanied on piano. In addition to her work as a musician, Lola filed patents for dolls she developed in 1922, 1924, and 1925. The 1925 patent application described the doll as a "flapper doll." Her compositions included:

Instrumental

  • Melodie
  • Sonata Fantasy

Musical Theatre

  • Babylonia

Songs

  • Absence: Love Lyrics #2
  • Autumn Bacchanal
  • Autumn Reverie
  • Ballads from Over the Sea
  • Celtic Love Song
  • Cloris Sleeping: Ballads from Over the Sea #3
  • Eternal Love: Love Lyrics #3
  • Hohe Liebe: German Songs #2
  • I'm Coming Back, My Honey Lou
  • In a Garden: Love Lyrics #4
  • It is June
  • O Mistress Mine: Ballads from Over the Sea #4
  • Pine Tree : German Songs #1
  • Rosy O'Grady
  • Soldier Boys
  • Song of the Chimes
  • Waiting: Love Lyrics #1
  • Who Knows?