Laura Lemon
Laura Gertrude Lemon (born October 15, 1866 in Guelph , † August 18, 1924 in Redhill ) was a Canadian composer and pianist.
Lemon grew up in Guelph and Winnipeg . In 1890 she traveled to England and studied at the Royal College of Music . She was particularly successful as a song composer with songs like My Ain Folk based on a text by Wilfrid Mills , Canada for Ever! (1907), Mighty Dominion (1910) and the Canadian Song Cycle (1911). Emma Albani sang her slumber song in front of Queen Victoria . Lemon wrote the lyrics for some of her songs under the pseudonyms Austin Fleming and Ian Macdonald . In addition, she composed several violin and piano works. She dedicated her Three Moravian Dances for violin and piano (1910) to the violinist Kathleen Parlow .
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| SURNAME | Lemon, Laura |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lemon, Laura Gertrude; Fleming, Austin; Macdonald, Ian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guelph |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1924 |
| Place of death | Redhill |