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Rebecca Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) was an English classical composer and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She was born in Harrow and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London, later becoming one of the first female professional orchestral players. Stranded in the United States at the outbreak of World War II, she settled permanently in New York City and married composer and pianist James Friskin in 1944. Clarke died at her home in New York at the age of 93.Although Clarke wrote little, due in part to her ideas about the role of a female composer, her work was recognised for its compositional skill. Most of her works have yet to be published (or have only recently been published), and were largely forgotten after she stopped composing. Scholarship and interest in her compositions revived in 1976. The Rebecca Clarke Society was established in 2000 to promote the study and performance of her music.
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- ...that Annette Nelson's performance (pictured) as The Mountain Sylph in Washington, D.C. in 1837 was highly appreciated by a group of Native American chiefs?
- ...that Lorin Maazel was 75 years old when his first opera, 1984, had its world premiere in 2005?
- ...that to maintain a low profile for their appearances at the Hampton Coliseum, the rock band Grateful Dead asked to appear on the billing as Formerly the Warlocks?
- ...that after John Law Hume, violinist on the RMS Titanic, was lost in the disaster, his family were sent an invoice for his uniform?
- April 22: Musician Prince dies aged 57
- February 18: Taylor Swift's 1989 wins Grammy's Record of the year; Bad Blood wins the Best Music Video
- February 17: 'Earned It' earns The Weeknd his first Grammy
- February 16: Ed Sheeran wins Song of Year Grammy for Thinking Out Loud
- August 21: Cilla Black funeral held in Liverpool
- June 25: Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
- June 13: English actor Christopher Lee dies aged 93
- May 30: U2 tour manager, Dennis Sheehan dies in Los Angeles hotel room at 68
- May 28: B.B. King's daughters allege blues musician was poisoned
- May 24: Taylor Swift breaks Vevo record
- Birthdays in Music: April 16
- Walt Dickerson, American vibraphonist, turns 94.
- Warren Barker, American composer, turns 102.
- Ulf Wakenius, Swedish guitarist, turns 67.
- Jukka Tolonen, Finnish session musician (guitarist), turns 73.
- Junko Onishi, Japanese jazz pianist, turns 58.
- Erling Kroner, Danish trombonist, turns 82.
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