Women Composers

[liveforpiano]

I have scanned books 1 to 4 of Marjory Kennedy-Fraser's (1857 to 1930)
Piano Lyrics From The Hebrides. I know these are listed on IMSLP
but those are all song versions. These are her arrangements for Piano Solo.
Here is book one.

Fraser M.K. Piano Lyrics Bk.1.pdf

[liveforpiano]

Here is Book two.

Fraser M.K. Piano Lyrics Vol.2.pdf

[liveforpiano]

Here is the third book. Sometimes with these you will find the odd page or pages missing.
Each piece in the books was prefaced by a description about the piece in question,
But my friend Walter Ryan didn't always include all of these. The music is always complete though.
Peter.

Fraser M.K. Piano Lyrics Bk.3.pdf

[liveforpiano]

Here is book four.
Wikipedia has an article about her if you are interested.

Fraser M.K. Piano Lyrics Bk.4.pdf

[Georgio]

liveforpiano, well done!!!
Georgio

[liveforpiano]

georgio, You are very welcome, and thanks!!
Peter.

[musiclife217]

hello all,

would anyone know if Lili Boulanger's Nocturne for Piano and Violin has been arranged for solo piano?? it's a nice piece and would be much welcome! thanks for any help with this!

[fleubis]

Nicely done, Sir Peter, on the Fraser.

[Scriabinoff]

Strickland [Anderson], Lily (Theresa)

L Strickland at the piano.jpg

(b Anderson, SC, 28 Jan 1887; d Hendersonville, NC, 6 June 1958).

American composer. She attended Converse College (1901–4), and in 1905 was offered a scholarship by Frank Damrosch to study at the Institute of Musical Art in New York where her teachers were Albert Mildenberg, William Henry Humiston, Daniel Gregory Mason and Percy Goetschius. She also studied privately with Alfred John Goodrich. Between 1920 and 1929 Strickland lived in India during which time she became fascinated with non-Western music and wrote a number of articles comparing Indian with European idioms.

Some of Strickland’s early pieces was influenced by the black music she used to hear on her grandparents’ estate. After 1910 she was drawn to Native American music and incorporated some of its melodies in such pieces as Two Shawnee Indian Dances (1919) and the operetta Laughing Star of Zuni (1946). Her sojourn in India influenced many of her works composed after 1930, notably The Cosmic Dance of Siva (1933) and Oriental and Character Dances. Strickland composed approximately 400 pieces; in addition to many songs and piano pieces she wrote several operettas, including Jewel of the Desert (1933) and a sacred cantata St John the Beloved (1930). Her works are cast in a conservative harmonic idiom; many are salon pieces influenced by the works of Charles Cadman and Arthur Farwell.



Bibliography
A.W. Howe: Lily Strickland: her Contribution to American Music in the Early Twentieth Century (diss., Catholic U. of America, 1968)
John Graziano

Strickland, Lily (1884-1958) - Sketches from the Southwest, Suite, II. Yucca Blossoms.pdf

Her solo piano works are very difficult to find. Would love to put a request any other of her works (both uploader scans and NMS types), and especially the rest of this Soutwest Suite and also her Himalayan Suite for solo piano.

Also if someone could confirm the poem text at the beginning of the work, as to whether or not it is her original text (expected, so much of her output is for voice), or if taken from somewhere else, a source/citation perhaps?

[edvond]

Does anyone have the score for Clara Schumann's Romance in B minor--without opus number? What an extraordinary piece! I haven't heard anything by Clara that is so introspective.

I hope someone can post the score!

Many thanks.

Ed vonD