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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.
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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 Viola Sonata: III. Adagio on Clarke, R: Viola Music by Rebecca Clarke & Philip DukesTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warp & Weft | Ernest John Moeran, Rebecca Clarke, Gordon Jacob, Paul Patterson, Alan Rawsthorne, Midori Komachi, Sophie Rosa, Simon Callaghan | 2017 | Album |
| Rebecca Clarke - Works For Viola | Duo Rùnya, Rebecca Clarke | 2016 | Album |
| Piano Trios | Clara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke, Alba Rosa Viëtor, Storioni Trio | 2014 | Album |
| Sonatas For Viola & Piano Vol. 1 | Tabea Zimmermann, Kirill Gerstein – Johannes Brahms / Rebecca Clarke / Henri Vieuxtemps | 2010 | Album |
| A Portrait of the Viola | Rebecca Clarke • Janetta Gould • Freda Swain • Pamela Harrison – Helen Callus, Robert McDonald | 2002 | Album |
| English Music For Viola | Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rebecca Clarke, Percy Grainger, Arnold Bax, Frank Bridge, Paul Coletti, Leslie Howard | 2001 | Album |
| Piano Trios | The Bekova Sisters - Rebecca Clarke & Charles Ives | 2000 | Album |
| Midsummer Moon | Rebecca Clarke - Lorraine McAslan • Michael Ponder • Justin Pearson • Julian Farrell • Ian Jones | 2000 | Album |
| Piano Quintet / Piano Trio • Viola Sonata | Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Rebecca Clarke, Martin Roscoe, Endellion String Quartet | 1995 | Album |
| English Music For Viola | Paul Coletti | 1994 | Album |
| Piano Trios | Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Rebecca Clarke, Clementi Trio Koln | 1986 | Album |
| Music For Viola | Rebecca Clarke - Patricia McCarty, Martha Babcock, Peter Hadcock, Virginia Eskin | 1985 | Album |
| Compositions For Viola And Piano | Benjamin Britten / Rebecca Clarke / Henry Eccles - Josef Koďousek, Květa Novotná | 1980 | Album |
| Trios By Rebecca Clarke And Katherine Hoover For Violin, Cello, And Piano | Katherine Hoover, Rebecca Clarke | 1980 | Album |
| Trio / Trio In D Minor Op. 49 / Xipi - Themes From Peking Opera | The Newstead Trio, Rebecca Clarke, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Ping Jin | Album |
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