Bessie Marshall Whitely or Whiteley[1] (December 25, 1871 - November 7, 1944[2]) was an American composer, pianist, and teacher.
[3] She attended the Oakland Conservatory of Music in Oakland, California, and studied with H. G. Pasmore, J. P. Morgan, and Louis Lesser.
[4] Whitely was a piano teacher and music supervisor in Kansas City, Missouri, for 32 years.
[6] Her opera Hiawatha's Childhood[7] won the National Federation of Music Clubs award in 1912.
Her music was published by G. Schirmer, Inc. and C. C. Birchard & Co. (later Summy-Birchard, then Birchtree Ltd.).