Clarence Loomis (December 13, 1889 – July 3, 1965), an American composer, pianist, and teacher, was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
His compositions include Alabado Sea, an oratorio, Revival, a radio opera, Oak Street Beach, a ballet, and Macbeth, a symphonic tone poem.
Yolanda of Cyprus was premiered in 1929 by Vladimir Rosing's American Opera Company and performed in 14 cities in the United States and Canada.
"[7] During the 1920s, the dancer Ruth Page (ballerina) commissioned Loomis to write a distinctively new kind of American ballet for her international tour.
The Flapper and the Quarterback toured Asia and Russia with Page's company, and was a featured part of the festivities surrounding the coronation of Japan's Emperor Hirohito in 1928.