Elaine Hugh-Jones
Elaine Hugh-Jones (14 June 1927 – 29 March 2021)[1][2] was a Welsh pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in London and studied piano with Harold Craxton, Julian Isserlis and with Lennox Berkeley.[3] After completing her studies, she took a position as an accompanist with the BBC, where she worked for 37 years. She also taught music at Malvern Girls' College.[4][5]
Works
[edit]Selected works include:
- A back view (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
- Bicker's Cottage (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
- Echo (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
- Ghosts (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
- Night song (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
- Silver (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
- The hare (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
- The madman and the child (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
- The old woman at the flower show (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
- The ride‑by‑nights (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
- The road to Coursegoules (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
- The watch (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
- To a young cat in the orchard (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
- Winter (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)[6]
Hugh-Jones' songs were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and have been recorded and released on CD, including:
- Poésie et musique au féminin (The Feminine in Poetry and Music) Audio CD (9 April 2002) Gallo, ASIN: B000063COE
- In Flanders Fields Audio CD (9 May 2006) Quartz, ASIN: B000E1P33Y
She has also been featured in British Music: Some Views of Richard Arnell; Bantock & Newman; Holst, Purcell & Morley College; Elaine Hugh - Jones; Tobias Matthay; Music in Birmingham: v. 29 by Paul Jackson and Roger Carpenter (Paperback - 31 Oct 2007) British Music Society, ISBN 978-1-870536-29-5
References
[edit]- ^ Coleman, William (30 April 2021). "Elaine Hugh-Jones obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ Anna Joubert
- ^ Biography, composer's website
- ^ "Elaine Hugh-Jones". Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Composer: Elaine Hugh-Jones (1927-)". Retrieved 21 December 2010.
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- 1927 births
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- British women classical composers
- 2021 deaths
- Welsh classical composers
- Welsh women classical composers
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- Welsh women pianists
- 21st-century British classical pianists
- British women music educators
- 20th-century British women composers
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- Musicians from London
- 20th-century British women pianists
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