Florence May

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Florence May (born February 6, 1845 in London ; † June 29, 1923 ibid) was an English pianist , music writer and composer .

life and work

Florence May was initially tutored by her father Edward Collett May, an organist, piano and singing teacher, and by an uncle, organist and piano teacher at Queen's College . In 1871 she traveled to Lichtental near Baden-Baden to take piano lessons from Clara Schumann . During their absence from July to the end of 1871 Johannes Brahms took over the lessons. May stayed in Germany until 1873 and then gave several concerts in London and other English cities. As a result, she continued her music studies (apparently increasingly in the subject of composition) with her father, George Alexander Macfarren and later in Berlin with Woldemar Bargiel . Between 1883 and 1908 there were further concert appearances in England, in Vienna (1890 and 1896) and in Berlin (1906).

May had been a piano teacher herself since the 1880s. Her two-volume biography The Life of Johannes Brahms , published in London in 1905, is an important source for the life of this composer. Florence May's compositions include Three Mazurkas , published in London in 1881.

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personal data
SURNAME May, Florence
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English pianist, music writer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1923
Place of death London