Smith, Jane Stuart (Personal Name)

Her The gift of music, 1987: t.p. (Jane Stuart Smith) p. 4 of cover (dramatic soprano; lectures in music)

Carlson, B. Favorite women hymn writers, c1990: CIP t.p. (Jane Stuart Smith) data sheet (b. 9-29-25) pub. info. (grad., Hollins Col., Va.; resides in Switzerland)

LC data base, 5/18/88 (hdg.: Smith, Jane Stuart)

Sydney morning herald WWW site, viewed Feb. 19, 2016 (Jane Stuart Smith; b. Sept. 29, 1925, Virginia; d. Jan. 14, 2016; in 1960 she renounced the "temptations" of the opera world and went to live at L'Abri, an evangelical Christian community in the Alps, which she joined as secretary, and where she studied hymn writing and lectured on the theology of Bach's music; in later years she returned to Roanoke)