Fischer, Louise D. (Louise Daggett), 1872-1959

Composer, of San Antonio, Tex.

From the description of Papers, 1877-1966. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70960617

Emma Louise Daggett was born in Ottertail City, Minnesota, on 1872 April 3 to Lorenzo Dow and Mary Frances Reynolds Daggett, the oldest of the couple's four children. Her father was a piano and pipe organ tuner who also gave piano and voice lessons. In 1891, he moved the family from their home in Erie, Pennsylvania, to San Antonio, Texas, for health reasons.

In 1898, Louise married Albert Martin Fischer, a local businessman. They owned and operated the Fischer Drug Store, located in an adobe building at the corner of Alamo and Houston streets. Their only child, Katharine Louise, was born in 1900.

Louise Daggett Fischer was a noted pianist, composer, and arranger and was a member of several musical societies in San Antonio and Texas. She was the first member invited to join the Tuesday Musical Club (1901) and began writing arrangements for the group. This work led to her charter membership in the Composers' Club (organized in 1927), and she served as the organization's dean for three years in the late 1930s. In addition, she served as Chairman of the Junior Tuesday Musical Club and suggested the formation of the Manuscript Group within the Texas Federation of Music Clubs.

Mrs. Fischer won many awards for her compositions, including prizes from the Composers' Club and several offered by the Manuscript Group. Her works were frequently performed in recitals presented by the Tuesday Musical Club, the Composers' Club, and Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio; at state meetings of the Texas Federation of Music Clubs; during annual observances of Music Week; and on at least one occasion on a national radio broadcast.

Louise Daggett Fischer died in San Antonio on 1959 July 7 at the age of eighty-seven.

From the guide to the Louise Daggett Fischer Papers Col 935., 1863-1966, (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas)

Born in Minnesota in 1872, Louise Daggett moved to San Antonio, Texas with her family in 1891

She studied and taught music throughout her life, and was a long-time member of local and state musical organizations as a composer and performer. Married to businessman Albert M. Fischer of San Antonio, she had one daughter.

From the description of Louise Daggett Fischer papers [manuscript], 1863-1966. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 310379815