Joan Mary Last
Joan Mary Last OBE (12 January 1908 – 9 October 2002) was an English music educator, author and composer born in Littlehampton, Sussex. She studied piano with Mathilde Verne and made her debut as a pianist at the Aeolian Hall in London in 1926. After an injury to her hand ended her performing career, Last turned to teaching and composing. She taught music at the Royal Academy of Music and was awarded an OBE in 1988 for services to music education.[1] She never married.[2][3]
References
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 31sT DECEMBER 1987" (PDF). The London Gazette. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 30 December 2010.
- ^ Kay, Ernest (1985). International who's who in music and musicians' directory: Volume 10.
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