Elsa Elene Swartz (June 25, 1874 - August 6, 1948)[1] was an American composer[2] and music educator.[3]
Swartz was born in El Paso, Illinois, to Barbara Elizabeth Keller and Joseph Beery Swartz. She had four brothers and three sisters.[1] Swartz received a diploma from the Wesleyan Conservatory (today Illinois Wesleyan University) and also studied music in Chicago. Her teachers included Gertrude H Murdough, Almon Kincaid Virgil,[4] M. Jennette London, and Frederic Grant Gleason. [5]
Swartz taught at the Wesleyan Conservatory for over a decade. She composed several pieces for children, which were published by Clayton F. Summy.[5]