Dorothy Whitson Freed

Dorothy Whitson Freed

Dorothy Whitson Freed MNZM (10 February 1919 – 1 April 2000) was a New Zealand author, composer and music historian.[1] She was born in Dunedin, and was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours.[2] She died at Wellington in 2000.[3]

Works

Selected works include:

  • The Sea-child (Text: Katherine Mansfield)
  • Variations, Wind Quintet

References

  1. ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand Honours:The Queen's Birthday Honours 1998". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Hunt, Graeme (15 December 2000). "Prominent New Zealanders commemorated". Retrieved 3 October 2010.
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