Mary Grant Carmichael

Mary Grant Carmichael (* 1851 in Birkenhead near Liverpool, † March 17, 1935 in London) was an English composer and pianist.

Life

Presumably she was of Irish descent. She was educated in France and Switzerland. Later, she studied music in Munich. After completing her training, she worked as a pianist and accompanist, and died in London.

Works (selection)

She was known as a composer of songs and piano pieces. Selected pieces include:

  • Cradle song ( Text: William Blake )
  • Infant Joy ( Text: William Blake )
  • Introduction to the Songs of Innocence (Text: William Blake )
  • It is the hour ( Text: George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron )
  • Merrily flute and loudly (Text: after Heinrich Heine )
  • My faint spirit, op 12 (Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley )
  • So loved and so loving, op 8 no 1 (Text: after Heinrich Heine )
  • Sweetheart, sigh no more (Text: Thomas Bailey Aldrich)
  • The blossom ( in Four songs) (Text: William Blake )

Credentials

  • Classic pianist
  • Composer ( romance )
  • Composer
  • English
  • Born in 1851
  • Died in 1935
  • Woman
Integrated Authority File England
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