by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
Maria F. Parke (1772-1882) was born in London and made her debut as both a singer and pianist when she was nine years old. A Divertimento and Military Rondo for the Piano is a charming and sometimes virtuosic work of medium difficulty. It features tuneful melodies,...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
Olivia Dussek Buckley (mid 1790s-1845) was daughter of composers Jan Ladislav Dussek and Sophia Dussek. She had a successful career as a composer, harpist, organist, and pianist. These works contrast the flamboyant and dramatic with lilting rondos, folk-like melodies,...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
Nothing is known of the life of Caroline Campbell except that she left us two compositions from the late eighteenth century: Two Sonatas and Three English Airs with Variations (harp or harpsichord), London, 1787); and Two Sonatas and Six Songs and Some English Airs...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
The Scottish composer Sophia Corri Dussek (1775-1847) was an accomplished singer, pianist, harpist, and composer. This exciting sonata is a welcome addition to the performing and teaching repertoire of the late Classical and early Romantic periods. It is well...
by barbarah_admin | Oct 10, 2021
An English composer, Maria Hester Reynolds Park (1760-1813), worked in London. She was a harpsichordist and pianist. As was typical of the times she performed in public before her marriage, but not afterwards. These exciting, two-movement sonatas are a welcome...
