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Mary Fauche
BornMarch 19, 1801 Edit this on Wikidata
DiedSeptember 27, 1875 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 74)
Brighton Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationComposer Edit this on Wikidata


Mary Fauche (March 19, 1801 – September 27, 1875) was a British composer.

Mary Dolling Tomkison was the daughter of a pianoforte manufacturer and a childhood friend of novelist Fanny Trollope.

Her opera The Shepherd King, or the Conquest of Sidon was performed at the London Lyceum in 1823.[1] It was revived in 2023 in a private performance conducted by Stephen Higgins.[2]


Poet William Plomer recalls her "singing like a linnet."[3]

Mary Fauche died on 27 September 1875 in Brighton.

References

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  1. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers. Internet Archive. New York : Books & Music USA. ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
  2. ^ "Almira in Mary Fauche's The Shepherd King". Danae Eleni. 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  3. ^ William Plomer (1955-01-01). Borderline Ballads. Internet Archive. Noonday Press.
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