Pauline Brutting Story [1] (September 1870 - June 10, 1952) [2] was an American composer [3] and publisher who wrote ragtime pieces for piano and patriotic songs [4] during World War I, including one based on a text by Helen Keller. [5]
Story was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, [6] where she attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. She married John F. Story in 1890, and they had four children. [7] She lived in New York City before moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1927. [2]
Story’s Dance of the Frowsy Heads was recorded commercially by Columbia in 1913. [8] She published some of her own music under the imprints of “P.B. Story” and “Story’s Music House,” which in 1918 was located at 111 E. 176th St New York City. [5] Her music was also published by William H. Anstead, [9] Brehm Brothers, [10] Gordon & Sons, Frank Harding, [5] Howley, Haviland and Dresser, Philip Kussel, [11] Frank K. Root, [12] and M. Witmark & Sons. [1]