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Rebecca Clarke

p, vl, 1886-1979 GB, London Borough of Harrow
Musician / Composer of Classical

Rebecca Clarke (27 August 1886 – 13 October 1979) was an English classical composer and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. She was born in Harrow and studied at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London, later becoming one of the first female professional orchestral players. Stranded in the United States at the outbreak of World War II, she settled permanently in New York City and married composer and pianist James Friskin in 1944. Clarke died at her home in New York at the age of 93.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Viola
Popular Tracks   
Chinese Puzzle on Clarke, R: Viola Music by Rebecca Clarke & Philip Dukes
I'll Bid My Heart Be Still (Version for Cello & Piano) on Folk Tales, Vol. 2: British & Irish Miniatures by Gerald Peregrine, Antony Ingham & Lynda O'Connor
Lullaby on an Ancient Irish Tune on Clarke, R: Viola Music by Rebecca Clarke & Philip Dukes
Viola Sonata: I. Impetuoso on Clarke, R: Viola Music by Rebecca Clarke & Philip Dukes
Ave Maria on All Things Are Quite Silent by The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge, The Pembroke College Girls’ Choir & Anna Lapwood
Shy One on The Feminine Voice by Sivan Goldman & Shira Shaked
Viola Sonata: II. Vivace on Clarke, R: Viola Music by Rebecca Clarke & Philip Dukes
Down by the Salley Gardens on Down by the Salley Gardens by Rebecca Clarke, Golda Schultz & Jonathan Ware
Morpheus on Clarke, R: Viola Music by Rebecca Clarke & Philip Dukes
I'll bid my heart be still on Clarke, R: Viola Music by Rebecca Clarke & Philip Dukes

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Warp & WeftErnest John Moeran, Rebecca Clarke, Gordon Jacob, Paul Patterson, Alan Rawsthorne, Midori Komachi, Sophie Rosa, Simon Callaghan2017Album
Rebecca Clarke - Works For ViolaDuo Rùnya, Rebecca Clarke2016Album
Piano TriosClara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke, Alba Rosa Viëtor, Storioni Trio2014Album
Sonatas For Viola & Piano Vol. 1Tabea Zimmermann, Kirill Gerstein – Johannes Brahms / Rebecca Clarke / Henri Vieuxtemps2010Album
A Portrait of the ViolaRebecca Clarke • Janetta Gould • Freda Swain • Pamela Harrison – Helen Callus, Robert McDonald2002Album
English Music For ViolaBenjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rebecca Clarke, Percy Grainger, Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge, Paul Coletti, Leslie Howard2001Album
Piano TriosThe Bekova Sisters - Rebecca Clarke & Charles Ives2000Album
Midsummer MoonRebecca Clarke - Lorraine McAslan • Michael Ponder • Justin Pearson • Julian Farrell • Ian Jones2000Album
Piano Quintet / Piano Trio • Viola SonataAmy Marcy Cheney Beach, Rebecca Clarke, Martin Roscoe, Endellion String Quartet1995Album
English Music For ViolaPaul Coletti1994Album
Piano TriosFanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Rebecca Clarke, Clementi Trio Koln1986Album
Music For ViolaRebecca Clarke - Patricia McCarty, Martha Babcock, Peter Hadcock, Virginia Eskin1985Album
Compositions For Viola And PianoBenjamin Britten / Rebecca Clarke / Henry Eccles - Josef Koďousek, Květa Novotná1980Album
Trios By Rebecca Clarke And Katherine Hoover For Violin, Cello, And PianoKatherine Hoover, Rebecca Clarke1980Album
Trio / Trio In D Minor Op. 49 / Xipi - Themes From Peking OperaThe Newstead Trio, Rebecca Clarke, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ping JinAlbum
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