Susan Trew

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Susan Codd Trew (born 1853) [1] was an English [2] composer, [3] pianist, and teacher [4] who is best remembered today for her Sonata for Violin and Piano. [5] [6]

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Trew studied at the London Academy of Music, where she was awarded a gold medal. [7] She married organist and composer Charles Abraham Trew [8] in 1880. In 1882 they had a son, Arthur Charles Trew, who also became a composer. [9]

Trew's music was published by E. Ashdown, Boosey & Co., Landy & Co., and Schott Music. Some of it is available at the British Library. [10] Her works include:

Violin and Piano

Voice

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  1. ↑ Roberge, Marc-André. "Sorabji Resource Site: Biographical Notes". roberge.mus.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-1138-3. OCLC   3844725.
  4. ↑ Brown, James Duff; Stratton, Stephen Samuel (1897). British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors, and Composers Born in Britain and Its Colonies. S.S. Stratton.
  5. ↑ Pedigo, Alan (1995). International Encyclopedia of Violin-keyboard Sonatas and Composer Biographies. Arriaga Publications. ISBN   978-0-9606356-2-7.
  6. ↑ "Miscellaneous Concerts, Intelligence, &c". The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular. 34 (606): 476–487. 1893. JSTOR   3364217 – via JSTOR.
  7. ↑ The Musical World. J. Alfredo Novello. 1878.
  8. ↑ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   0-8108-2769-7. OCLC   28889156.
  9. 1 2 "Charles Abraham Trew 1854-1929". www.unsungcomposers.com. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Explore the British Library Search - Susan Trew". explore.bl.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Musical News. 1893.
  12. ↑ The Strad. Orpheus. 1894.
  13. ↑ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice. G.K. Hall. ISBN   978-0-8161-8498-9.
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