Ann Mounsey or Ann Sheppard Mounsey or (after her marriage) Ann Mounsey Bartholomew was born on 17 April 1811 and died on 24 June 1891. She was well known in London as a teacher, conductor, and organist. As a composer, she published songs, hymns, partsongs, large-scale choral worka, and many pieces for the piano and the organ. [1]
Mounsey was born at 21 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, the eldest child of Thomas Mounsey, a licensed victualler, and his wife, Mary, née Briggs. [2] Her younger sister, Elizabeth Mounsey (1819–1905) also became a professional musician. In 1824 the family settled in Shoreditch, London.
Ann's early music education was undertaken at the renowned piano academy of Johann Bernhard Logier where in 1820 her talent for composition was noted by the composer Louis Spohr during a visit there. [2] Ann also received private organ lessons from the conductor and concert organist Samuel Wesley and from Thomas Attwood, the organist St. Paul's Cathedral London. [2]
On April 28, 1853, Ann Mounsey Bartholomew married the violinist and writer William Bartholomew (1793-1867). At the time of her death Ann was living at 58 Brunswick Place, City Road, Shoreditch, having suffered from several years of ill health, and being cared for by her sister Elizabeth. [1]
Ann regularly appeared as an accompanist, [3] most memorably was in 1845 when she performed as accompanist at the premiere of the choral work Hear My Prayer (for soprano solo, chorus and organ) by Felix Mendelssohn. [4]
From 1843 to 1848 Ann Mounsey ran ""The Crosby Hall Sacred Concert"" an innovative public concert series of six concerts per season. Composers featured included, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Heinrich Graun, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Luigi Cherubini, Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn and Ann Mounsey herself. [2] These concerts were very well received.
The mainstay of Ann Mounsey's musical life was as a church organist. In 1828, aged 17, she got her first job as a church organist in the London suburb of Clapton, transferred to St. Michael’s Church, Wood Street in 1829, and finally became the organist at St. Vedast’s Church in Foster Lane. She served in this position for almost 50 years, until her retirement in 1883. [2]
She was elected an associate of the London Philharmonic Society in 1834 and in 1839, she became a member of the Royal Society of Musicians. [2] In 1840 she was a founder member of the Society of Female Musicians. [1]
Ann Mounsey’s extensive catalogue comprises an oratorio (including The Nativity, Op. 29 of 1855), cantatas and odes, partsongs, liturgical works, and around 120 songs for solo voice and piano, numerous compositions for piano solo, works for piano with various other solo instruments, and works for organ. For an extensive list of Ann Mounsey's works see the link to the Ann Mounsey webpage at Musik und Gender im Internet given in the section 'External Links' below.
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