Rumpelstiltsken (1955) was inspired from a character in Grimm's Fairy Tales. In the story, a miller brags to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold. The king thus locks her in a room, ...

Philippa Duke Schuyler was honored by Congress a day after her death in 1967, a senator saying she was “constantly putting America’s best foot forward.” President Lyndon Johnson and his wife sent a ...

At the New York World’s Fair nearly every day is dedicated to something or somebody. Noel Coward and Tallulah Bankhead have lately had their days; soon Rudy Vallee, Superman, Mrs. Hearst’s Milk Fund ...

Of 103 piano pupils who entered the annual tournament conducted in Manhattan by the National Guild of Piano Teachers, youngest this spring was Philippa Duke Schuyler, 4, a Negro child who blithely ...

Philippa Schuyler’s music reflects a blend of Romantic aesthetics and global influences drawn from her extensive travels. Her compositional style is characterized by lyrical, melody-driven writing, ...

The judges had hoped for something original. The results were 98% disappointing. Of the 100 entries in the young composers contest at Detroit’s Grinnell Foundation, most sounded like crudely rewritten ...

Schuyler’s “Wanchai Road” is mysterious, spontaneous, and chaotic, reflecting the actual Wanchai Road in Hong Kong. It is reminiscent of beeping cars and tramways with a relentlessly consistent left ...