Clara Angela Macirone

Clara Angela Macirone (20 January 1821 – 1914) was an English pianist and composer who published her music as C. A. Macirone. Born in London, she was the daughter of Italian musicians; her mother was also a pianist and her father was a singer. After completing her studies at the Royal Academy of Music she took a position teaching at the Academy. She was a pioneer in the musical education of women as a teacher and writer. She died in London in 1914.[1][2]

Clara Angela Macirone

Works

Selected works include:

• Suite for piano and violin in E minor
• By the Waters of Babylon, anthem
• Jubilate
• Te Deum
• Benedictus[3]
• Footsteps of Angels, choral
• Come to Me Oh Ye Children (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
• Fare thee well! and if for ever (Text: George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron)
• Hesperus (Text: Edwin Arnold after Sappho)
• The Balaclava Charge (Text: Alfred, Lord Tennyson)
• There is dew for the flow'ret (Text: Thomas Hood)[4]

References

1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
2. Hughes, Rupert (1919). Music lovers' encyclopedia: containing a pronouncing and defining.
3. Elson, Louis Charles (1912). University musical encyclopedia: Volume 9.
4. "Clara Angela Macirone (1821-1915?)". Retrieved 9 January 2011.

 5. All My Darlings - A Victorian Family in Their Own Words Author: Patricia Neate. Pub: Troubador 2018