AILSA DIXON - UK
BORN 15 AUGUST
BORN 15 AUGUST
Born in 1932, Ailsa Dixon began composing before reading music at Durham University, and later studied with Paul Patterson, Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music.
Her works include a two-act opera, several pieces for string quartet, songs, chamber music and instrumental works including a sonata for piano duet. Her compositions have been performed by the Brindisi Quartet, Ian Partridge and Lynne Dawson among others.
In July 2017 her anthem for choir, These Things Shall Be, was premiered by the London Oriana Choir at the Cutty Sark in London, as part of the Five15 project promoting work by women composers.
Ailsa died in August 2017. A tribute to her life and music formed part of a remembrance concert by the London Oriana Choir in November, together with a performance of These Things Shall Be. Since then, a revival of interest in her music has led to performances of choral, vocal and instrumental works in concerts in Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol and London, and festivals from Romsey Abbey and Little Missenden to Brecon and the Wye Valley.
Source: Official Website and Meet the Artist Online
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Nocturnal Scherzo by Ailsa Dixon
MARION BAUER - USA
BORN 15 AUGUST
Source: Wikipedia and The Art Song Project
BORN 15 AUGUST
Marion Eugénie Bauer (15 August 1882 – 9 August 1955) was an American composer, teacher, writer, and music critic. A contemporary of Aaron Copland, Bauer played an active role in shaping American musical identity in the early half of the twentieth century.
As a composer, Bauer wrote for piano, chamber ensembles, symphonic orchestra, solo voice, and vocal ensembles. She gained prominence as a teacher, serving on the faculty of New York University (then Washington Square College) where she taught music history and composition from 1926–1951. In addition to her position at NYU, Bauer was affiliated with Juilliard as a guest lecturer from 1940 until her death in 1955. Bauer also wrote extensively about music: she was the editor for the Chicago-based Musical Leader and additionally authored and co-authored several books including her 1933 text Twentieth Century Music.
Bauer's music includes dissonance and extended tertian, quartal, and quintal harmonies, though it rarely goes outside the bounds of extended tonality, save for her brief experimentation with serialism in the 1940s. During her lifetime, she enjoyed many performances of her works, most notably the New York Philharmonic premiere of Sun Splendor in 1947 under the baton of Leopold Stokowski and a 1951 New York Town Hall concert devoted solely to her music.
Source: Wikipedia and The Art Song Project
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Sun Splendor by Marion Bauer
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