Mary Lucas

Mary Lucas née Anderson (1882–1952) was an English composer. She studied in Dresden and at the Royal College of Music with Herbert Howells and R.O. Morris. She married entrepreneur and inventor Ralph Lucas in 1903 and her son Colin became a noted architect.[1] She gave up composition for a few years after she married, but returned to produce a number of successful compositions.[2] Her Sonata for clarinet was written for Pauline Juler in 1938.[3] Lucas' papers are partially housed at the British Library,[4] while some manuscripts and other papers are held at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Works

Selected works include:

  • Sonata for clarinet (1938)
  • The Wind (Text: James Stephens)
  • Sawdust, ballet (1941)
  • Variations on a Theme of Purcell for string orchestra
  • Trio for clarinet, viola and piano
  • Rhapsody for flute, cello and piano
  • The Book of Thel, masque for solo voices, chorus, chamber orchestra, and male and female narrators (1935)

References

  1. ↑ Sharp, Dennis; Rendel, Sally (2008). Connell, Ward and Lucas: Modern movement architects in England (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "THE DISTAFF SIDE: SOME BRITISH WOMEN COMPOSERS". Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. ↑ The Clarinet: Volume 11. International Clarinet Society, Idaho State University. Dept. of Music. 1983.
  4. ↑ The British Library, Music Collections, Programmes and handbills relating to Mary Anderson Lucas
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