Claire Liddell

Elizabeth Claire Liddell (b. 24 May ?) is a Scottish pianist and composer. She was born in Glasgow and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and the Royal College of Music in London with Andrew Lloyd Webber.[1]

Works

Liddell is known for arrangements of Scottish folk songs and poetry to music.[2] Her selected works include:

  • Three Piano Pieces
  • Song Cycle Five Orkney Scenes (text: George Mackay Brown)
  • Orphead: A Spell for Rain
  • The Kindling Fire (text: Robert Burns)
  • Melody and Country Style for Violin and Piano
  • Ca' the yowes for soprano and piano

References

  1. ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (Digitized online by Google Books). Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Lore and language: Volume 3, Issues 6–10. Sheffield Survey of Language and Folklore, Archives of Cultural Tradition, University of Sheffield. Dept. of English Language. 1982.



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