Alice Mary Smith

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Life

Born: 19 May 1839, London, England, United Kingdom

Died: 4 December 1884

Biography

Alice Mary Meadows White [née Smith] was born in London, England. Showing talent as a youth, she studied privately with William Sterndale Bennett and George Alexander Macfarren. She was elected Female Professional Associate of the Royal Philharmonic Society and an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music. Her music first published at age eighteen, she was an active composer until her death at age 45 from typhoid fever. Her compositions include two symphonies, four piano quartets, three string quartets, a clarinet sonata, six concert overtures, an operetta, cantatas, service music, anthems, songs, and part songs. Two of her anthems are the earliest known use of music by a woman composer in Church of England services (1864).

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