Antoinette Kirkwood
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Antoinette Kirkwood is an English
composer born in London
. She studied piano and composition and accompanied her mother, who was a lieder singer.
Her works have been recorded and issued on media, including:
England
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composer born in London
London
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. She studied piano and composition and accompanied her mother, who was a lieder singer.
Works
Selected works include:- Symphony No. 1 op. 8
- Alessandro op. 12 - (Music Drama after the book by Gerard McLarnon)
- Musa the Saint op. 16 - (Ballet after the book by Antoinette Kirkwood)
- Fantasia No. 1 op. 13
- Fantasia No. 2 op. 14
- Fantasia No. 3 op. 18
- Suite for Strings op. 5
- The Empty Stable op. 10 - Incidental Music
- Unhallowed op. 4 - Incidental Music
- Sonata op. 6 for Violoncello and Piano
- Petite Suite op. 20 No. 2 for Guitar
- Rapsodie No. 1 op. 21 No. 4 for Viola and Guitar
- Soliloquy op. 19 No. 3 for Guitar
- Largo op. 17 No. 1 for Flute and Piano
- Rapsodie op. 19 No. 2 for Harp solo
- Sleepy Waters in the Moonlight for 2 Violins and Violoncello
- Sonatina op. 2 No. 1, piano
- Nocturne op. 2 No. 2, piano
- Carol SATB and piano
- The Fly op. 7 No. 1 (William Blake)
- The Barrel Organ op. 7 No. 5 (Michael Ashe)
- Must she go? op. 9 No. 1 (James Forsyth)
- Morning in Bengal op. 9 No. 2 (Anthony Hayward)
- The Tourney op. 9 No. 3 (Anthony Hayward)
- Remorse op. 9 No. 4 (Michael O'Hagan)
- The Song of the Fisherman of Cacru op. 11 No. 3 (James Forsyth)
- The Oyster-Catcher’s Song op. 11 No. 4 (James Forsyth)
- Der Schiffbrüchige op. 15 (Heinrich Heine)
- Krönung op. 17 No. 2 (Heinrich Heine) High Voice and Strings
Her works have been recorded and issued on media, including:
- Six Intermezzi - A Potpourri of Piano Music
- Sonata for Violoncello and Piano
- Women Composers - Vol. I CD
- Women Composers - Vol. II CD