Kate Lucy Ward Explained
Catherine Lucy Ward Bridgen Carter (29 April 1829[1] – 20 October 1915), was a British composer,[2] teacher, and vocalist.[3] She published her music under the name Kate Lucy Ward.
Ward was born in Highworth, Wiltshire,[4] [5] the fifth daughter of Isaiah, a painter, and Anne Ward.[6] She had five sisters, Lydia Atmore, Anne, Helen Rose, Frances "Fanny" Agnes, and Adelaide, and younger brothers Henry Isaiah, Jabez Paul, and Francis. She was baptised in a non-conformist church in 1829,[7] but was baptised into the Church of England in 1846.[1] She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Felix Mendelssohn praised her compositions during one of his visits to England.[8]
In 1886, she married Alfred Thomas Bridgen Carter.[9] She died in Richmond, Surrey in 1915.[6]
Ward's music was published by A. Hammond & Co.[10] Her compositions include:
- Theatre
- Vocal
- "Ah, My Heart is Weary" [12]
- "At the Gate"
- "Bell of the Wreck"[13]
- "Do Not Look at Life's Long Sorrow" (text by Adelaide A. Procter)[14]
- "Lock of Brown Hair" [15]
- "Love is Timid" (text by Daniel Weir)
- "Mother, the Winds are at Play"[16]
- "O Loving Eyes" (text by Florence Percy)
- "Poppies Pale on Thy Pillow Weep" (text by Florence Percy)
- "Silver Moth"[17]
- "True Hearts"
- "True Song" (text by Florence Percy)[18]
- "Warrior's Grave"
- "Watching"
Notes and References
- Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1922
- Book: Stern, Susan, 1953-. Women composers : a handbook. 1978. Scarecrow Press. 0-8108-1138-3. Metuchen, N.J.. 3844725.
- Book: Crowest, Frederick James. The Dictionary of British Musicians: From the Earliest Times to the Present. 1895. Jarrold and Sons. en.
- 1901 England Census
- Book: Hixon, Donald L.. Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. 1993. Scarecrow Press. Hennessee, Don A.. 0-8108-2769-7. 2nd . Metuchen, N.J.. 28889156.
- News: Deaths . 20 May 2023 . The Wiltshire Advertiser . 4 November 1915 . 5.
- England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970
- Book: Cohen, Aaron I.. International encyclopedia of women composers. 1987. 0-9617485-2-4. Second, revised and enlarged. New York. 16714846.
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837–1915
- Book: The Reliquary. 1872. John Russell Smith. en.
- Book: The Choir: A Weekly Journal of Music, Literature and Art. 1874. Metzler.. en.
- Book: Women Composers: A Biographical Handbook of Women's Work in Music. 1913. Chandler-Ebel. en.
- Book: Public Opinion. 1873. G. Cole. en.
- Book: The Musical Times. 1871. Novello. en.
- Book: The Illustrated London News. 1876. Illustrated London News & Sketch Limited. en.
- Book: Stewart-Green, Miriam. Women Composers: A Checklist of Works for the Solo Voice. 1980. G.K. Hall. 978-0-8161-8498-9. en.
- Kirby. Sarah. August 2019. The Only Thing Womanish is the Composer: Music at 19th Century Exhibitions of Women's Work. Music & Letters. 100. 3. 420–446.
- Book: The Musical World. 1868. J. Alfredo Novello. en.