Dorothy Strutt
Dorothy Ada Lucy "Dal" Strutt[1] (born 18 May 1941-14 June 2019) was an English cellist, pianist, singer, violinist,[2] and self-taught composer.[3] Strutt has also worked under the name Dorian Carl Munday.[4]
Strutt was born in Essex. Strutt has studied cello, piano, violin, and voice from childhood but has no formal training in composition. Strutt is a professional musician who has worked as a pianist for Moreley College Music Theatre, as a member of the Barnard-Strutt-Owen trio, and in a multimedia trio with Malcolm Dedman and Martin Vishnick.[5] Strutt gave recitals and lectures in public schools.[2] Strutt served as a director of the Buddhist Society in London from 2006 to 2009[1] and has served as conductor of the London Gay Men’s Choir.[4]
Strutt’s music is published by the British Music Collection (today known as Sound and Music)[6] and is available through the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia.[7] Biographical information, scores and recordings of Strutt’s work are held in Heritage Quay https://heritagequay.org/archives/?author=Strutt the archive of the University of Huddersfield, as part of the British Music Collection archive. Dal Strutt’s compositions include:
Chamber
[edit]- Quartet on Haiku (flute, clarinet, guitar and violin; text by Charles Ford)[8]
- Sonata (oboe and clarinet)[9]
- Three Haiku (clarinet and cello)[9]
Dance
[edit]Orchestra
[edit]- Sinfonia[7]
Organ/Piano
[edit]Theatre
[edit]- External Mind[2]
Vocal
[edit]- "A Flower was Offered Me" (text by William Blake)[12][13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "DAL STRUTT - RAINHAM - COMPOSER". www.checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic bibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
- ^ a b "Dal Strutt | Search Results | Heritage Quay". Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Composer. British Music Information Centre. 1985.
- ^ Homuth, Donald (1994). Cello Music Since 1960: A Bibliography of Solo, Chamber & Orchestral Works for the Solo Cellist. Fallen Leaf Press. ISBN 978-0-914913-27-6.
- ^ a b Strutt, Dorothy. "Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia" (PDF). freelibrary.org. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
- ^ a b The Clarinet. Department of Music, Idaho State University. 1980.
- ^ a b Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
- ^ a b Keyboard Solos and Duos by Living British Composers. British Music Information Centre. 1974.
- ^ "Dorothy Strutt (b. 1941) - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Fitch, Donald (1 January 1990). Blake Set to Music: A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-09734-6.