1875 - 1957 Translator of "Gloria in excelsis Deo" in Hymns for Children and Grownups to Use Together Dickinson was the first woman to receive a PhD from Heidelberg University in Germany at a time when women were not generally welcomed in graduate philosophy classes. She was a well known lyricist, translator, and art historian who frequently lectured at Union Seminary in New York City. She and her husband Clarence (organist at New York City’s Brick Presbyterian Church for half a century), wrote hundreds of chorales and anthems for church choirs. Dickinson’s works include:
Excursions in Musical History, 1917
Antiphons: A Collection of Choral Responses or Short Anthems Arranged with Scriptural Readings, 1920
Thoreau’s Philosophy of Life, with Special Consideration of the Influence of Hindoo Philosophy
The Technique and Art of Organ Playing
German Masters of Art
The Choir Loft and the Pulpit, 1943
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