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Lucy Hannah Clinton (19 November 1846 Westminster, London — 1932 Newhaven, East Sussex, England) was a London-born virtuoso pianist and influential collegiate piano pedagogue in Canada from 1869 to 1883, and England from then, until her death in 1932.

Performances

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  • Charles Gardner's Annual Morning Concert
Hanover Square Rooms
Saturday, June 3, 1865
  • Charles Gardner's Annual Morning Concert
Hanover Square Rooms
Saturday, May 26, 1966


Education

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Clinton held certificates from Sir Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)[i] and Cipriani Potter (1792–1871).[ii] She had also been a pupil of Charles Gardner (1836–1917)[iii][1] (London), Clara Schumann, and Carl Reinecke.[2]

Career

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Lucy Clinton was a professor of piano at Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ontario, from 1869 to 1883. In 1883, Clinton accepted a position at Cheltenham Ladies' College. Miss H.G. Wight, who had been Lady Superintendent at Hellmuth since 1876, replaced Clinton as Lady Principal.[3] Kate Sara Chittenden, piano pedagogue and Head of the Music Departement at Vassar College from 1899 to 1930, had studied piano with Clinton from 1870 to 1876 at Hellmuth College.[4] From 1885 to at least 1892, she served in several capacities, including Musical Directress, at Hyde Park College for Ladies in London, England.

  • Hyde Park College for Ladies
115 Gloucester Terrace
Hyde Park
London[5]
45 Craven Road (private residence with Lady Principal, Miss L.G. Wight)[6]
  • Hyde Park New College (1994)
77 Gloucester Place
Alice Clinton, Lucy's sister, was Musical Directress in 1894
9 Westbourne Street, Hyde Park
London (private residence)

Musical family

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Lucy's parents

Lucy Clinton was the daughter of Irish-born John Clinton (1810–1864),[iv] professor of flute at the Royal Academy of Music, London, from 1842 to 1855, flutist for the Royal Italian Opera from 1847 to 1862,[a][b] and flute maker from about 1845 until his death. He was the first prominent flutist in 1841 to become an exponent of the Boehm System — the prevailing ring-keyed system for flute that won-out and endures today.[c] John Clinton had been a student of Charles Nicholson (1795–1837) at the Royal Academy. At the age of 24 (1834) he was publishing compositions. Clinton adopted the Boehm system around 1841 and taught it to his pupils at the Royal Academy. Clinton wrote what was probably the first instruction book for the Boehm flute.[d][e] Clinton made and sold his own flutes (see Clinton flutes), beginning around 1945. His flutes adopted the Boehm system, but maintained a mechanical structure similar to an old eight-key system. Clinton flutes were produced by Rudall Carte, a firm composed of George Rudall (1781–1871) and Richard Carte (1808–1891), et al.[f]

Lucy's siblings

In 1866, sixteen months after the death of John Clinton (Lucy's father), one of Lucy's older sisters, Maria Clinton (1844–1877), also a virtuoso pianist, married Oluf Svendsen (1832–1888),[v] a Danish-born flutist working in London.[7][8] Svendsen was a member of Queen Victoria's private band at Windsor and was listed with the Royal Philharmonic Society in London from 1861 to his death. He had come to England at the age of 23 at the request of the French conductor Jullien, and was unusual in England at the time for playing a silver flute.[9][10][11]

Lucy's younger sister, Alice Fanny Clinton (never married; 1852–1933), was an accomplished pianist[12] and Associate Female Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society. Alice was known for having adopted, with her brother-in-law Oluf Svendsen, a 7-year-old orphan pianist, Muriel Elliot (born 1877), who, after of the death of Svendsen, and three years of a serious illness (by Elliot), went on to study with Bernhard Stavenhagen.[5] An 1896 article in the London Standard stated that Svendsen had been Elliot's godfather.[13]

  • John Clinton (1810–1864)
    John Clinton (1810–1864)
  • Oluf Svendsen (1832–1888)
    Oluf Svendsen (1832–1888)

Muriel Elliot

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Selected compositions
Joseph Williams, Ltd., London (publisher)
32 Great Portland Street, W
London
  • "Over the Edge of the Purple Down," words by Rudyard Kipling, music by Elliot (1902); OCLC 498554540
  • "Birthday Greetings," duet, words by Mary Arbuthnot (or May Hill Arbuthnot), music by Elliot (1903); OCLC 498554440
Augener Ltd., London (publisher)
  • "A Christmas Husheen Song," two-part song for female voices with piano, music by Elliot, words by Elsie Fogerty (1912); OCLC 498554490
  • "Christmas Carol," two-part song for female voices with piano, words by Christina Rossetti (1912); OCLC 498554470
  • "Music to Shakespeare's 'As you like it,'" adapted for amateur or school performance, by Elliot (1912); OCLC 498554517
  • "The Rose & the Wind," recitation with piano, violin & cello, words by Philip Bourke Marston (1912); OCLC 498554569
  • "The Swallow-Tail and the Moth," two-part song for female voices with piano, words by Hilda Radford, music by Elliot (1912); OCLC 498554590
  • "When Daisies pied and Violets Blue," cuckoo song for two female voices, words by Shakespeare, music by Elliot (1912); OCLC 498554625
  • "There Is Sweet Music Here," three-part song for female voices with piano, words by Tennyson, music by Elliot (1912); OCLC 498554601
  • "War Hymn," for choir with piano or organ accompaniment, words by Mary Arbuthnot, music by Elliot (1914); OCLC 498554610
  • Two Pieces for Violin and Piano, music by Elliot (1917); OCLC 498554557
  1. "Melody," in D Minor
  2. "Album Leaf," in G; OCLC 268954280


Self published

Joseph Williams, Ltd., London (publisher)

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St. Cecilia, Ninth Series, a Collection of Twenty-Four Three and Four-Part Songs for Treble Voices for Public School[14]
  1)  "A Litany," words by Phineas Fletcher, music by William Yeates Hurlstone (1899); OCLC 497081097, 12436095
  2)  "Elfin Sleep Song," Op. 13, by Amy Elsie Horrocks (1899); OCLC 498841184
  3)  "Love-Sick Strephon," words by Ambrose Philips, music by William Yeates Hurlstone (1899); OCLC 497081205, 12436112[15]
  4)  "The Fairy Thrall" Op. 13, by Amy Elsie Horrocks (1899); OCLC 498841206
  5)  "When Hawthorn Buds," music by William Shield, accompaniment by Florian Pascal † (1899); OCLC 498113465, 498120240, 890141659
  6)  "Orpheus with his Lute," words by Shakespeare, music by Florian Pascal † (1899); OCLC 498217787
  7)  "Oh, All Ye Sons of God" ("Laudate Pueri") music by Mendelssohn
  8)  "My Pinks All Blowing," music by Robert Schumann
  9)  "The Chimeras," Italian words by Angiolo Orvieto (it), English translation by May Clarissa Gillington, music by Vittorio Ricci (1859–1925) (1900); OCLC 497044506, 48702744, 497044486
10)  "The Violet," Italian words by Gabriello Chiabrera, English translation by May Clarissa Gillington, music by Vittorio Ricci (1859–1925) (1900); OCLC 497044757
11)  "Blessed Are The Dead" (requiem), by John Farmer (1901); OCLC 498751277
12)  "Ingratitude," words by Shakespeare, music by Florian Pascal † (1900); OCLC 498217181
13)  "Sunrise," by Florian Pascal † (1900); OCLC 498218580
14)  2 songs, music by Florian Pascal † (1930)
  i)  "The Children of Spring," words by Carl Loewe; OCLC 498113250
 ii)  "The Children of Spring," three-part song, words by May Byron; OCLC 498300817
15)  "Who Are These Like Stars Appearing?" by John Farmer (1901); OCLC 498750485
16)  "Who Can Find a Virtuous Woman?" by John Farmer (1901); OCLC 498751620
17)  2 songs by John Farmer (1901)
  i)  "Suffer Little Children;" OCLC 498750442
 ii)  "Blessed Are They That Mourn;" OCLC 498751306
18)  4 songs arranged by by Florian Pascal †
  i)  "Widdicombe Fair," an old Devonshire folk song, accompaniment by Florian Pascal † (1907); OCLC 498113477
 ii)  
iii)  
iv)  "Elfin Song," Op. 71, music by Carl Reinecke, accompaniment by Florian Pascal † (1901); OCLC 498953438, 498113275
19)  "Tell Me Where is Fancy Fred," by Robert Werner Oberhoffer (1955–1916) (1902); OCLC 497844976
20)  "Sister, Awake," words anonymous, music by Ernest Walker (1902); OCLC 497691219
21)  "Song of Hesperus," words by Ben Jonson, music by Roland Revell (né Roland Revell Dixon; 1867–1938) (1902); OCLC 497028983
22)  "Rest Thee On This Mossy Pillow," by Henry Thomas Smart (1902); OCLC 498222867
23)  "May Morning," words by John Milton, music by Elliot (1903); OCLC 498554505
24)  "Hark, Hark, The Lark," words by Shakespeare, music by Ernest Walker (1905); OCLC 497690526

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† Florian Pascal was a pseudonym for Joseph Williams, the publisher (see OCLC 498113465 (detail bio at the Boise State University Gilbert & Sullivan Archive)
Obituary: Joseph Benjamin Williams, one of the oldest of London's music publishers, at Worthing, on July 12, in his seventy-fifth year. He was an excellent all-round musician-pianist, 'cellist, composer, and writer under a variety of names, that of Florian Pascal being the best known.[16][17]
Florian Pascal's bio at Boise State's G&S Archive
St. Cecilia Series (1 thru 31)

Elliot's addresses

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1941: Torquay, England
1941: Seaford, Sussex, England

Clinton's notable performances

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October 24, 1927: BBC; Morning Concert, The Daventry Quartet and Muriel Elliott (Pianoforte); Morlais Morgan (Baritone)[18]
January 6, 1930: BBC; A Pianoforte Recital, 5GB Daventry (experimental), Elliot (piano)[19]

Other references to Muriel Elliot

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See also

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References

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Notes
  1. ^ Atalanta in Calydon, was premiered June 6, 1906, at The Crystal Palace. It was performed again June 7 and 9, 1906, for the aid of the Waifs and Strays Society and again at the Scala on June 11, 1906, for the benefit of the Bedford College endowment.(Last paragraph, Musical News, Vol. 30, No. 788, April 7, 1906, pg. 345; OCLC 10449868)

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Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain
  1. ^ Sir Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875), admitted April 1, 1878
  2. ^ Cipriani Potter (1792–1871), admitted May 4, 1817
  3. ^ Charles Gardner, Jr. (1836–1917), admitted January 2, 1859
  4. ^ John Clinton (1810–1864), admitted December 7, 1851
  5. ^ Oluf Svendsen (1832–1888), admitted May 6, 1888 (died 11 days later)

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Royal Philharmonic Society[I]
  1. Alice Fanny Clinton (1844–1877), female associate member[II]
Royal Philharmonic Society citations
  1. ^ Library of the Royal Philharmonic Society
  2. ^ Philharmonic Society: Analytical and Historical Programme, May 14, 1891, pg. 15

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Citations pertaining to John Clinton
  1. ^ "Brief Summary of Country News: Mr. Charles Gardner," The Musical Times, June 1, 1866, pg. 317
  2. ^ "The Life and Work of John Clinton (1810–1864)," by Adrian C. Duncan and Terry McGee
  3. ^ Sweetenings" and "Babylonish Gabble" — Flute Vibrato and Articulation of Fast Passages in the 18th and 19th centuries (dissertation), by Maria Bania, PhD, School of Music and Drama, Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg (2008); OCLC 243923625, 709947178, 709938679
  4. ^ A Theoretical & Practical Essay, On the Boehm Flute, As Manufactured by Messrs. Rudall & Rose, Op. 87, London: Robert Cocks & Co.
        1st ed. (1843)
        2nd ed. (1844)
  5. ^ A Complete School, Or, Practical Instruction Book for the Boehm Flute (shut or open G♯ key), as manufactured by A.G. Badger ‡
    Intended either for beginners or for those who have previously learnt the ordinary flute, and containing everything requisite to learn the instrument from the elements to the most advanced stage
    By John Clinton (1809–1864), Op. 88, London: A.G. Badger ‡ (circa 1860); OCLC 16931802
  6. ^ Victorian Music Publishers: An Annotated List, John A. Parkinson, Warren, Michigan: Harmonie Park Press (1990); OCLC 21764022
Note about a John Clinton citation
‡ A.G. Badger = Alfred Goodrich Badger (1814 Connecticut – 1892 Flatbush, New York) see image of a Badger flute at the Library of Congress

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General inline citations
  1. ^ "Gardner, Charles," Who's Who in Music: A Biographical Record of Contemporary Musicians, Henry Saxe Wyndham, Geoffrey L'Epine (eds.), Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons (1915), pg. 110; OCLC 17708811
  2. ^ "Cheltenham Ladies' College" (advertisement), Saturday Review of Politics, August 22, 1885, pg. 268
  3. ^ "Educational Notes – Canadian," Toronto Daily Mail, April 13, 1883, col. 2, pg. pg. 6; OCLC 792986526
  4. ^ "Kate S. Chittenden," Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2, 1943–50, A.N. Marquis (1950); OCLC 851730827
  5. ^ a b "Rising Stars: Miss Muriel Elliot", The Windsor Magazine, Vol. 5, December 1896 – May 1897
  6. ^ Advertisement: "Hyde Park College for Ladies," Journal for Education, London: William Rice (publisher), W. Stewart & Co., Vol. 7, New Series, No. 194, September 1885, pg. 338; OCLC 1713625
  7. ^ "Oluf Svendsen (1832-1888)" www.dwsolo.com
  8. ^ Edvard Grieg in England, by Lionel Carley, Boydell Press (2006), pg. 154; OCLC 70777937
  9. ^ "Molique's Flute Concerto," by John Wion, The Flutist Quarterly, National Flute Association, Vol. 27, No. 4, September 2000, pps. 49–51
  10. ^ The Flute, by Ardal Powell, Yale University Press (2002), pg. 201; OCLC 62102068
  11. ^ The Story of the Flute, by Henry Macaulay Fitzgibbon, Walter Scott Publishing Company (1914), pg. 213; OCLC 603425748
  12. ^ "Miss Alice Clinton and Her Work," by Ada Sarah Ballin (married Alfred Thompson in 1891 and married Oscar George D. Berry in 1901; b. 1862; d. 1906), Womanhood, Vol. 8, No. 44, July 1902,pps. 110–111; OCLC 232117214
  13. ^ "Saint James Hall," London Standard, April 30, 1896, pg. 3, col. 6
  14. ^ Universal-Handbuch der Musikliteratur aller Zeiten und Völker. Als Nachschlagewerk und Studienquelle der Welt-Musikliteratur
    (Universal Manual of Music Literature of all Times and Peoples — As a Reference and Source Study of World Music Literature)

    Vol. 29 of 31 (Spechtenhauser to Swain), Franz Pazdírek (1848–1915) (ed.), Vienna: Pazdírek & Co. (1904–1910), pg. 59; OCLC 2738614, 67891336; 1967 reprint – Hilversum: Frits Knuf – OCLC 221384474

  15. ^ Joseph Williams, London (publisher), 32 Great Portland Street, W, London, Plate number: St. Cecilia, Series 9, No. 3. 12767
  16. ^ "Obituary: Joseph Benjamin Williams," The Musical Times, August 1, 1923, pg. 578
  17. ^ "Florian Pascal," The Musical Herald, pps 99–101
  18. ^ BBC Morning Concert, The Daventry Quartet with Elliot (piano) and Morgan (baritone)
  19. ^ BBC; A Pianoforte Recital, 5GB Daventry (experimental), Elliot (piano)

Category:Piano pedagogues

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