American author and composer
Mildred Weston Rogers (May 1892 - February 6, 1975) was an American composer best known for a number of children's pedagogical piano suites.
Not to be confused with American poet Mildred Weston (1905-1998)
Biography.
Weston was born in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, to William and Anna Weston. She graduated from the Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University) in Pittsburgh in 1913, studying under T. Carl Whitmer. She pursued further studies at the New England Conservatory of Music.
After college, Weston taught music to kindergardeners at Miss Simonson's School in Pittsburgh. This experience informed the composition of a number of programmatic and pedagogical suites for piano, many of which were published by the Arthur P. Schmidt company (now Summy Birchard).
Weston married William G. Rogers, an author and newspaper editor, on Oct 5, 1934 in Springfield.
Selected works.
Her works include: