Kate Lucy Ward

Kate Lucy Ward (1833-1915) was a British composer,[1] teacher, and vocalist.[2] She was born in Wiltshire[3] and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Felix Mendelssohn praised her compositions during one of his visits to England.[4]

Ward's music was published by A. Hammond & Co.[5] Her compositions include:

Theatre
Vocal
  • "Ah, My Heart is Weary" [7]
  • "At the Gate"
  • "Bell of the Wreck"[8]
  • "Do Not Look at Life's Long Sorrow" (text by Adelaide A. Procter)[9]
  • "Lock of Brown Hair" [10]
  • "Love is Timid" (text by Daniel Weir)
  • "Mother, the Winds are at Play"[11]
  • "O Loving Eyes" (text by Florence Percy)
  • "Poppies Pale on Thy Pillow Weep" (text by Florence Percy)
  • "Silver Moth"[12]
  • "True Hearts"
  • "True Song" (text by Florence Percy)[13]
  • "Warrior's Grave"
  • "Watching"

References
  1. Stern, Susan, 1953- (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Crowest, Frederick James (1895). The Dictionary of British Musicians: From the Earliest Times to the Present. Jarrold and Sons.
  3. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Hennessee, Don A. (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  4. Cohen, Aaron I. International encyclopedia of women composers (Second, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
  5. The Reliquary. John Russell Smith. 1872.
  6. The Choir: A Weekly Journal of Music, Literature and Art. Metzler. 1874.
  7. Women Composers: A Biographical Handbook of Women's Work in Music. Chandler-Ebel. 1913.
  8. Public Opinion. G. Cole. 1873.
  9. The Musical Times. Novello. 1871.
  10. The Illustrated London News. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. 1876.
  11. Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice. G.K. Hall. ISBN 978-0-8161-8498-9.
  12. Kirby, Sarah (August 2019). "The Only Thing Womanish is the Composer: Music at 19th Century Exhibitions of Women's Work". Music & Letters. Volume 100 Issue 3: 420–446.
  13. The Musical World. J. Alfredo Novello. 1868.


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