Mary Grant Carmichael
Mary Grant Carmichael (* 1851 in Birkenhead near Liverpool , † March 17, 1935 in London ) was an English composer and pianist .
Life
She was probably of Irish descent. She was raised in France and Switzerland . She later studied music in Munich . After completing her training, she worked as a pianist and song accompanist and died in London .
Works (selection)
She was known as a composer of songs and piano pieces. Selected pieces include:
- Cradle song (Text: William Blake )
- Infant Joy (Text: William Blake)
- Introduction to the Songs of Innocence (Text: William Blake)
- It is the hour (Text: George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron )
- Merrily flute and loudly (text: after Heinrich Heine )
- My faint spirit, op.12 (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley )
- So loved and so loving, op.8 no.1 (text: after Heinrich Heine)
- Sweetheart, sigh no more (Text: Thomas Bailey Aldrich)
- The blossom (in Four songs) (Text: William Blake)
literature
- Nigel Burton: Mary Grant Carmichael, Mary Grant. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Fuller, Sophie: The Pandora guide to women composers: Britain and the United States 1994.
- ^ Julie Anne Sadie, Rhian Samuel: The Norton / Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online from GoogleBooks) 1994 (Retrieved August 23, 2013).
- ↑ Composer: Mary Grant Carmichael (1851-1935) . Archived from the original on March 19, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carmichael, Mary Grant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birkenhead , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1935 |
| Place of death | London |