Claire Liddell
Elizabeth Claire Liddell (born 24 May 1937) is a Scottish pianist and composer. In The Kinding Fire Liddell sets 12 songs by Robert Burns using the original airs to which he set his verses, with her accompaniments. An LP recording was issued in 1974 with Liddell on piano.
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Claire Liddell
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- United Kingdom
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- composer · music educator · pianist
- Languages
- English
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She has also written educational music and text books, including The Book of Keyboard Harmony (1979) and So you Want to Play by Ear (1980).
Liddell is known for arrangements of Scottish folk songs and poetry to music. Her selected works include: • The Kindling Fire, 12 Burns songs (1974) • Five Orkney Scenes (1975), song cycle, text George Mackay Brown • Orphead: A Spell for Rain (1978), text George Mackay Brown • Three Ballads (1989), settings of J.C. Mathieson from French poetry • Ca' the yowes for soprano and piano • The Rhythm of Life (1985) song cycle for female voice and piano, text Alice Meynell • Melody and Country Style for Violin and Piano • Three Piano Pieces
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- 1.Sadie, Julie Anne. The Norton/Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. W. W. Norton & Company. 1994. 9780393034875.
- 2.Waverley SZLP 2141
- 3.Fitzpatrick, Marie. 'Liddell, (Elizabeth) Claire' in Grove Music Online (2001)
- 4.Sheffield Survey of Language and Folklore, Archives of Cultural Tradition, University of Sheffield. Dept. of English Language. Lore and language: Volume 3, Issues 6–10. 1982.
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