British composer Harriet Maitland Young (1838 – 1923)[1] wrote songs, operettas, and instrumental music.[2] Her operetta An Artist's Proof was performed in Brighton, England, on 4 February 1882. Her operetta The Queen of Hearts was performed in Dartford, England, in 1888.[3] She was buried in Camden, London, England.

Young's compositions include:[4]

Operetta

  • An Artist's Proof (1882)[5]
  • (The) Holy Branch (also seen as The Holly Branch)[6]
  • Queen of Hearts (1888)
  • When One Door Shuts

Vocal

  • Ah! Si Vous Saviez
  • Bella Pescatorina
  • Golden Days and Silvery Nights
  • In Sunny Spain (women's choir and piano)
  • La Mia Bella
  • Lullaby (voice and cello)
  • Out of Reach
  • Secret is My Own
  • Where the Roses Are (duet)

References

  1. ↑ "Harriet Maitland Young - Ancestry.com". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. ↑ Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900. R. Rosen Press.
  3. ↑ Women Composers: A Biographical Handbook of Women's Work in Music. Chandler-Ebel. 1913.
  4. ↑ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of Woman's Work in Music, by Arthur Elson". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Wier, Albert Ernest (1938). The Macmillan encyclopedia of music and musicians ... The Macmillan company.
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