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COMPOSERS

Miss Davis

Composer

(c. 1726 – after 1755) 

Irish singer, musician, and composer, born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father was a harpsichord player, and her mother was a singer.

Date of birth: 1726

Date of death: 1755

Age: 28 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

 

Fanny Arthur Robinson

Composer

(September 1831 – 31 October 1879) 

English pianist, music educator and composer. She spent most of her active career in Dublin.

Date of birth: 1831

Date of death: 31 October 1879

Age: 48 (age at death)

Nationality: British

 

Bettina Walker

(1837 – 4 February 1893)

Irish pianist and composer.

Date of birth: 1837

Date of death: 4 February 1893

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Gender: Female

 

Augusta Holmès

(18 December 1847 – 28 January 1903)

French composer of Irish descent. 

She published under the pseudonym

Hermann Zenta ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1847

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Gender: Female2.

 

Hope Temple

Composer

 "Dotie" (27 December 1859 – 10 May 1938)

Irish songwriter and composer.

She was also known as Mrs André Messager.

Date of birth: 1859

Date of death: 1938

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Gender: Female

 

Alicia Adélaide Needham

Composer

(31 October 1863 – 24 December 1945)

Irish composer of songs and ballads.

A committed Suffragette, she was the first woman to conduct at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Date of birth: 31 October 1863

Date of death: 24 December 1945

Age: 82 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Gender: Female

 

Charlotte Milligan Fox

Composer and author

(17 March 1864 – 25 March 1916)

Irish composer, folk music collector

and writer.

Date of birth: 17 March 1864

Date of death: 25 March 1916

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Gender: Female

Mary Dickenson-Auner

(24 October 1880 – 25 May 1965)

Irish violinist, composer, and music teacher. She wrote symphonies, oratorios, operas, and chamber works.

Date of birth: 24 October 1880

Date of death: 25 May 1965

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Ina Boyle

Composer

(8 March 1889 – 10 March 1967)

An Irish composer:

The most prolific and significant female composer from Ireland before 1950.

Her compositions encompass a broad spectrum of genres.

Date of birth: 8 March 1889

Date of death: 10 March 1967

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Rhoda Coghill

Composer

(14 October 1903 – 9 February 2000)

Irish pianist, composer, and poet.

Date of birth: 1903

Date of death: 2000

Age: 96 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

 

Dorothy Parke

Composer

(29 July 1904 – 5 February 1990)

Composer from Northern Ireland,

noted for children's works.

Date of birth: 29 July 1904

Date of death: 5 February 1990

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

 

Joan Trimble

Composer

(18 June 1915 – 6 August 2000) 

Irish composer and pianist.

Date of birth: 18 June 1915

Date of death: 6 August 2000

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

 

Jane O'Leary

Composer

(born 13 October 1946) 

American-born Irish musician and composer

who has been living in Ireland since 1972.

Date of birth: 1946

Nationality: American

 

Eibhlis Farrell

Composer

(born 27 July 1953)

Northern Irish composer.

Date of birth: 27 July 1953

Nationality: Irish

 

Denise Kelly

Harpist and composer

(born 24 April 1954)

Irish harpist and composer. She was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and was educated at the Royal Irish Academy and at Trinity College, Dublin.

Date of birth: 24 April 1954

Nationality: Irish

Gráinne Mulvey

Composer

(born 10 March 1966)

Irish composer.

Date of birth: 1966

Nationality: Irish

Elaine Agnew

Composer & music facilitator.

Elaine Agnew is a She is highly experienced

at facilitating groups of all ages in collective

music-making.

Date of Birth: 1967

Nationality: Northern Ireland

Annie Patterson

Composer and organist

(27 October 1868 – 16 January 1934)

Irish organist, music educator, writer,

composer, and arranger.

Date of birth: 27 October 1868

Date of death: 16 January 1934

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: Irish

Deirdre Gribbin

Northern Irish composer

 (born 24 May 1967)

Composer from Northern Ireland.

Date of birth: 1967

Nationality: Irish

Siobhán Cleary

Composer

(born 10 May 1970)

Irish composer. Her most successful compositions have been her orchestral works Alchemy and Cokaygne and her choral piece Theophilus Thistle 

Date of birth: 10 May 1970

Nationality: Irish

Jennifer Walshe

Composer

(born 1 June 1974) 

Irish composer, vocalist and artist.

Date of birth: 1 June 1974

Nationality: Irish

 

Ailís Ní Ríain

Composer and playwright

(born 15 June 1974) 

Date of birth: 15 June 1974

Nationality: Irish

 

Karen Power

Karen Power is a composer whose work spans compositions for orchestras, to sound installations. Power has been known to incorporate everyday sounds into her works.

Born: 1977

Nationality: Irish

 

Linda Buckley

Composer and musician

Overview: Linda Buckley (born 4 April 1979) is an Irish art music composer and musician. Her work has been performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Icebreaker and ...

Date of birth: 1979

Nationality: Irish

Gender: Female

Ann Cleare

Composer

Overview: Ann Cleare (born 1983 in County Offaly) is an Irish composer. She is Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin. In 2019 she won the prestigious Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize, sharing it with ...

Date of birth: 1983

Nationality: Irish

Gender: Female

Judith Ring

Composer/Musician/Performer/Artist

Ring has been writing music for over 20 years and has been greatly inspired by living in such places as Berlin, London, York, Paris and Dublin. In general Rings music stems from the electro-acoustic world.

Date of Birth: 1976

Nationality: Irish

June Armstrong                                                                 June Armstrong is a piano teacher living and working in Belfast. She studied music at Queen’s University Belfast, graduating with a BMus in 1974 and an MA in composition and 20th century analysis in 1975. She holds an LTCL in piano (1993) and an ATCL in violin (1970).

June began composing piano music for her students in 2009, specialising in educational music. Her compositions range from complete beginner standard to diploma level. Much of the music is inspired by the landscape, seascape and the wildlife of Northern Ireland, as well as its historical heritage. Created music for RIAM, ABRSM & LCM.

This is a non-exhaustive list.

I have not researched these composers in detail at this stage.

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