Hazel Gertrude Kinscella (27 April 1893 — 14 June 1960)[1][2] was an American musicologist, composer, and teacher.
[6][3] Hazel Gertrude Kinscella was born in 1893 in Nora Springs, Iowa, where she obtained her primary and secondary education.
[3] She composed and arranged many works, including the Steps for the Young Pianist series (1919-1926),Velocity Studies for the Young Pianist (1924), In Chinatown (1934), Psalm 150, Our Prayer (1934), Folk Tune Trios (1934), and Liberty’s Island (1946).
[3] She also wrote the Music Appreciation Readers (six books) between 1926 and 1927, as well as more than sixty professional articles.
[3] Kinscella was a member of the Nebraska Writers Guild, the Writers Guild of America, the Nebraskana Society, Phi Beta Kappa, the Nebraska State Teachers Association, and the Presbyterian Church.