Katharine Emily Eggar was an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 pianist and composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

. Eggar was born and died in London

London

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, England

England

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, the daughter of Thomas Eggar and Katherine MacDonald. With singer Gertrude Eaton and musicologist Marion M. Scott

Marion M. Scott

Marion Margaret Scott was an English violinist, musicologist, writer, music critic, editor, composer, and poet.-Biography:...

, she founded the Society of Women Musicians

Society of Women Musicians

The Society of Women Musicians was a British group founded in 1911 for mutual cooperation between women composers and performers, in response to the limited professional opportunities for women musicians at the time. The founders included Katharine Eggar, a composer, Marion Scott, a musicologist,...

 in London in 1911. Eggar was also a Shakespeare archivist and bequeathed her collection to the Library of University College

University College London

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, London

London

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Works

Eggar composed songs and chamber music. Selected works include:

• Wolfram's Dirge, 1911
• Remember Me
• My Dear
• Curtsey to the Moon
• Idyll for flute and piano
• Two Sketches
• A Tarantella