Clara Angela Macirone

Clara Angela Macirone

Clara Angela Macirone (20 January 1821 – 1914) was an [[English pianist and composer who published her music as C. A. Macirone. She was born in London and studied at the Royal Academy of Music. After completing her studies she took a position teaching at the Academy. She died in London.[1][2]

Works

Selected works include:

  • Suite for piano and violin in E minor
  • By the Waters of Babylon, anthem
  • Jubilate
  • Te Deum
  • Benedictus[3]
  • Footsteps of Angels, choral
  • Come to Me Oh Ye Children (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
  • Fare thee well! and if for ever (Text: George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron)
  • Hesperus (Text: Edwin Arnold after Sappho)
  • The Balaclava Charge (Text: Lord Alfred Tennyson)
  • There is dew for the flow'ret (Text: Thomas Hood)[4]

References

  1. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA298&dq=Clara+Angela+Macirone+(1821%E2%80%931895)&hl=en&ei=IpcqTdroEYP98AbpurWoAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Clara%20Angela%20Macirone%20(1821%E2%80%931895)&f=false. Retrieved 4 October 2010. 
  2. ^ Hughes, Rupert (1919). Music lovers' encyclopedia: containing a pronouncing and defining. 
  3. ^ Elson, Louis Charles (1912). University musical encyclopedia: Volume 9. 
  4. ^ "Clara Angela Macirone (1821-1915?)". http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/m/macirone.html. Retrieved 9 January 2011.