Olive Dungan
Olive Dungan Pullen (1904-1997) was a Miami, Florida concert pianist and composer of mostly piano and vocal works, most notably "Eternal Life," a 1949 solo setting of the Prayer of St. Francis that became highly popular in American Protestant churches in the 1950s and 1960s and is still commonly performed. Essentially a "one hit wonder," she also became known for a 1955 Christmas song, "The Christ Child" with lyrics by Ruth Enck Engle. Dungan was also a frequent collaborator with piano prodigy Mana-Zucca and Florida poet laureate Vivian Laramore Rader, and advocated for greater exposure of women composers and poets.
Dungan was married to Claude Pullen, a pioneer Florida businessman and owner of Pullen Ironworks.
Selected Works
- Tropic Night Suite (two pianos, 4 hands), 1935
- Eternal Life (Piano, Voice), 1949
- The Everglades (Solo Piano), 1953
- Be Still and know that I am God (Piano, Voice), 1955
- Grasshoppers (Solo Piano), 1956
- Duets by Dungan (Piano 4 hands), 1957
- The Mysterious Forest, Operetta for Elementary Schools, 1964
- The Peacock: Poem without Words (Solo Piano), 1969
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