Guirne Creith

Guirne Creith (born Gladys Mary Cohen in London on 21 February 1907; died 1996) was an English composer[1] and pianist most active in the 1920s and 1930s.[2] She received the Charles Lucas Prize in 1925,[3] having entered the Royal Academy of Music just two years before under the pseudonym Guirne M Creith.[1]

After her death she became known for her Concerto in G minor for Violin and Orchestra, which had been premiered by Albert Sammons, conducted by Constant Lambert, on May 19, 1936.[4][2][1]

Works

Copisarow's worklist[1] mentions in all 4 orchestral works (only the concerto survives), 6 works of chamber music (though all 6 of these are lost and known only from descriptions, so their instrumentation is a matter of conjecture; the ballade might be for orchestra for example), 6 songs (5 of them published between 1929 and 1956, and the other lost- apparently her only published works), and one ballet (also lost). The recently-recorded concerto was discovered recently by family members in full-score manuscript. In all, of these, only her published songs and the violin concerto are known to survive, and the latter only because the manuscript was rediscovered.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Katharine Copisarow (Spring 2009). "Guirne Creith: A Life in Many Chapters (includes worklist)" (PDF). The Maud Powell Society. pp. 9–18. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 Julian Haylock (January 2009). "Review of Recording of Creith's Violin Concerto". Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Royal Academy of Music, pg 5 (PDF)
  4. ↑ BBC



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