May Summerbelle

Annie May Constance Summerbelle (1867 – 1947) was an Australian composer of light classical and popular music.[1][2][3][4] Daughter of Captain William and Honoriah Summerbelle.

Among a hundred compositions, she had music selected for the 1927 Empire Exhibit in London.[5] Her song So Long was played by the Sixth Light Horse infantry embarking on the Gallipoli campaign. [6]

She married Herbert Glasson in 1893[7] and wrote 'Love is a fadeless flower' while heavily pregnant with his child. The same year Herbert was convicted and executed for murder and robbery under arms.[8] Ms Summerbelle involved herself with repertory theatre groups via the Sydney Press-Women. [9] She was a student of Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann

Works

  • Thou art mine 1906
  • Valkyrie, op. 6 1910-
  • Myee waltz /1890
  • Beaux yeux : waltz 1908
  • Pop-corn : cake walk & two step 1899 [10]
  • Gavotte in D : swords and roses dance : op. 4 1916
  • So-long : march-song / words by John Barr ; music by May Summerbelle 1914
  • Wanted for the fighting line : Australian recruiting song / words by Will. M. Fleming ; music by May Summerbelle 1914
  • Australia! sighs my heart / words by Ada A. Holman ; music by May Summerbelle
  • Ave Maria [4]
  • an article for the Sunday times newspaper [11]

Recordings

Nostalgia - Piano Music by Australian Women by Jeanell Carrigan 2016 Wirrapang Pub.[12]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ "Summerbelle, May (1867-1914) - People and organisations". Nla.gov.au. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "May Summerbelle: (author/organisation) - AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". Austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Summerbelle". Avemariasongs.org. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN COMPOSER LEAVING". The Daily Telegraph (13, 818). New South Wales, Australia. 22 March 1924. p. 16. Retrieved 13 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Mainly About People". The Daily News. XLIII, (15, 277). Western Australia. 7 April 1924. p. 7 (THIRD EDITION). Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Family Notices". Freeman's Journal. XLIV, (2553). New South Wales, Australia. 11 February 1893. p. 11. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "The Carcoar Tragedy,". Australian Town And Country Journal. XLVII, (1241). New South Wales, Australia. 28 October 1893. p. 9. Retrieved 13 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ↑ "IN THE WINTER GARDEN". Freeman's Journal. LXIX, (4098). New South Wales, Australia. 15 February 1917. p. 28. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ↑ "Pop Corn Cake Walk by May Summerbelle from AUSTRALIA, 1899". YouTube. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN COMPOSERS". Sunday Times (1053). New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1906. p. 1 (The Sunday Times Magazine Section). Retrieved 13 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Rediscovering Australian women composers of piano music : Feature Article : Australian Music Centre". Australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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