Kate Lucy Ward
Kate Lucy Ward (1833-1915) was a British composer,[1] teacher, and vocalist.[2] She was born in Wiltshire[3] and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Felix Mendelssohn praised her compositions during one of his visits to England.[4]
Ward's music was published by A. Hammond & Co.[5] Her compositions include:
- Theatre
- music for small stage productions
- The Tempest (text by James T. Fields)[6]
- Vocal
- "Ah, My Heart is Weary" [7]
- "At the Gate"
- "Bell of the Wreck"[8]
- "Do Not Look at Life's Long Sorrow" (text by Adelaide A. Procter)[9]
- "Lock of Brown Hair" [10]
- "Love is Timid" (text by Daniel Weir)
- "Mother, the Winds are at Play"[11]
- "O Loving Eyes" (text by Florence Percy)
- "Poppies Pale on Thy Pillow Weep" (text by Florence Percy)
- "Silver Moth"[12]
- "True Hearts"
- "True Song" (text by Florence Percy)[13]
- "Warrior's Grave"
- "Watching"
References[]
- ^ Stern, Susan, 1953- (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Crowest, Frederick James (1895). The Dictionary of British Musicians: From the Earliest Times to the Present. Jarrold and Sons.
- ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
- ^ The Reliquary. John Russell Smith. 1872.
- ^ The Choir: A Weekly Journal of Music, Literature and Art. Metzler. 1874.
- ^ Women Composers: A Biographical Handbook of Women's Work in Music. Chandler-Ebel. 1913.
- ^ Public Opinion. G. Cole. 1873.
- ^ The Musical Times. Novello. 1871.
- ^ The Illustrated London News. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1876.
- ^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice. G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8498-9.
- ^ Kirby, Sarah (August 2019). "The Only Thing Womanish is the Composer: Music at 19th Century Exhibitions of Women's Work". Music & Letters. 100 (3): 420–446.
- ^ The Musical World. J. Alfredo Novello. 1868.
Categories:
- British women composers
- 1833 births
- 1915 deaths
- Musicians from Wiltshire
- 19th-century British composers
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
- British composer stubs