Kate Vanderpoel

Cornelia Townsend (born 11 August 1851)[1] was an American song composer who published most of her music under the name Kate Vanderpoel.

[5] In 1891 she moved to Chicago, Illinois and lived on Calumet Ave.[6][7] By 1912 she lived in Milwaukee (as did her sister Anna); several of her publications have ended up in Milwaukee Public Library's Historical Sheet Music Collection.

[14][15][16] She took a particular interest in the frontispiece design of her published music, going so far as to commission a cover for her Florimella Waltz from J. C.

[5] Several of her compositions were also transcribed and recorded for some of the earliest player pianos and organs for the Aeolian Company,[18] Wilcox & White Company,[19] and Melvin Clark Piano Company[20] Her works include: By 1901, Florimella Waltz, Philomella Waltz, Golden Poppies, La Miniature, and Supplication were all recorded for Aeolian piano rolls.

[18] Several years later, these same five works were available for Wilcox & White and Melvin Clark reproducing pianos and organs.