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Ethel Adelaide Parker (21 July 1886 – 1 February 1971) was an English concert organist and composer. Parker composed under a number of pseudonyms including Etelka d’Arba, Bruno d’Arba, Joan d’Arba and Joan McLeod.[1]
types of drink[edit]
- Water
- Coke
- Coffee
There were sheep in Northampton in 1560.[2] [3]
Spice girls quiz.[4]
Education[edit]
Between 1905 and 1909 Parker studied at the Royal College of Music in London, and one of her tutors was Sir Walter Parratt. At a later date Parker continued her studies in Germany with Dr Karl Straube in Leipzig, and also the composer Max Reger.[1]
Musical Career[edit]
As a concert organist Parker promoted English contemporary music in Europe, and was noted to be the first women organist to perform a solo in the celebrated Thomaskirche Saturday Motette series in Leipzig. In England Parker gave the first performance of Reger’s Fantasy and Fugue on Bach, which took place on 30 June 1910 at the Queen’s Hall in London. Parker is also credited with introducing the music of Karg-Elert to the British public, who composed specifically his In dulci jubilo for Parker.[1]
In the 1920s Parker became interested, through campanologist William Wooding Starmer, in carillon and bell music. It is believed that through the support of a Swiss millionaire, she continued her studies in performance under Antoon Nauwelaerts in Bruges.[5]
As a composer, many leading publishers promoted the music of Parker including Novello & Co, J & W Chester, J. Curwen & Sons and Cramer Music.[6] In writing music for the voice, she set texts by many poets including Christina Rossetti,[7] W. B. Yeats, R. M. Rilke, as well as dedicating works to leading musicians including Elena Gerhardt and Maria Olenina-d’Alheim.
Works[edit]
The Royal College of Music houses an archive of manuscript and published scores by Parker, including some letters.[8]
Selective list of works:
| Name of work | Instrumentation | Publisher |
| Cattistock
(Pavane; Minuet; Jig) |
Carillon | |
| Images Bretonnes
(High Festival in the belfry; Misty Evening in the Forest of Brocéliande; Bramsle) |
Carillon | |
| Three Pieces
(Preludis; Improvisata; Precessione) |
Carillon | |
| Suite sur un vieux chant Vendéen | Carillon | |
| Thème et Variations | Carillon | Editions Henn |
| Christmas in the forest | Choir | Cramer Music, 1950 |
| Ave Maria | Choir | |
| Evening Hymn to The Holy Trinity | Choir | |
| Oh, what shall lift the night | Choir | |
| Tell me, my lamb of gold | Choir | |
| Variations sur un air de la rue au Moyen-Age | Harp | Editions Henn[9] |
| Danceries
(Pavane; Ring-dances at Twilight; Dances in sleep) |
Harp | |
| Five Impressions | Harp | |
| The Old Carillon | Harp | |
| Two Swedish Lenegs after Selma Lagerlöf
(tone poems) |
Orchestra | |
| Drömbild | Orchestra | |
| Variations sur un theme russe | Organ | J & W Chester, |
| Two Swedish Legends after Selma Lagerlöf
(tone poems) |
Organ | |
| Fantaisie fugue | Organ | |
| Suite on the old London street-cry of the bellman | Organ | |
| Fantaisie fugue | Organ | |
| Ignis Fatuus | Organ | |
| Irrlichter | Organ | |
| Fugal Fantasy | Organ | |
| Petite Suite | Piano | |
| Viell Air Flamand | Piano | |
| Thème et Variations in G minor | Piano | |
| Christmas eve | SA and choir | Cramer Music, 1957 |
| The lichen creeps on granite stone | SATB | |
| Four graces from Herrick’s Noble Numbers | SSA boys choir | William Elkin & Co, 1948 |
| Dainty rogues in porcelain
(3 duets) |
ST and piano | J & W Chester, 1929 |
| Two Swedish Legends after Selma Lagerlöf
(tone poems) |
String orchestra | J & W Chester, 1958 |
| Suite on the old London street-cry of the bellman | String orchestra | |
| Cold | String orchestra | |
| Dream | String orchestra | |
| Ist ein Schloss | Voice and orchestra | |
| Leuchtendes land | Voice and orchestra | |
| Märchen | Voice and orchestra | |
| Die Wasserfrau | Voice and orchestra | |
| Why fadest thou in death | Voice and orchestra | |
| Four Songs
(December; Wizardry; Le Long du Quai; racers) |
Voice and orchestra | |
| Frolleclaloon | Voice and piano | |
| A Fian lullaby | Voice and piano | J. Curwen & Sons, 1923 |
| Russian lullaby | Voice and piano | J. Curwen & Sons, 1925 |
| Clover | Voice and piano | J & W Chester, 1929 |
| Laudate eum, elementa, Christus natus est | Voice and piano | Novello & Co, 1938 |
| Carol | Voice and piano | J & W Chester, 1939 |
| Two songs from Herrick’s Noble Numbers | Voice and piano | William Elkin & Co, 1954 |
| Slumber Song | Voice and piano | William Elkin & Co, 1954 |
| Wayfarers’ carol | Voice and piano | William Elkin & Co, 1957 |
| December | Voice and piano | William Elkin & Co, 1957 |
| Away with us he’s going | Voice and piano | |
| Cold | Voice and piano | |
| Ist ein Schloss | Voice and piano | |
| The Lamb-Child | Voice and piano | J & W Chester |
| Leuchtendes land | Voice and piano | |
| Märchen | Voice and piano | |
| The New-yeeres gift | Voice and piano | |
| The Rune | Voice and piano | |
| Slumber Song | Voice and piano | |
| Spinning Carol | Voice and piano | |
| Through the clearness of heaven | Voice and piano | |
| Volkslied | Voice and piano | |
| Die Wasserfrau | Voice and piano | |
| Zauber | Voice and piano | |
| Four Songs
(December; Wizardry; Le Long du Quai; racers) |
Voice and piano | |
| Wayfarers’ Carol | Voice and string orchestra | |
| Dream | Voice and string orchestra | |
| Les deux enfant de roi | Voice and string orchestra | |
| Märchen | Voice, harp and strings | |
| The Lamb-Child | Voice, harp and strings |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Royal College of Music, London (1971). The RCM magazine 67/2 (1971).
- ^ Martin, John (1988). "Sheep and Enclosure in Sixteenth-Century Northamptonshire". The Agricultural History Review. 36 (1): 39–54. ISSN 0002-1490.
- ^ Smith, Fred (2023). "Sheep in Northampton".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Quiz of the week: What did the Spice Girls sing at Posh's birthday party?". BBC News. 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2024-04-26.
- ^ Ng, Tiffany; Lewis, Emmet (23 April 2020). "International Bibliography of Carillon Music by Women, Transgender, and Nonbinary Composers". p. 32.
- ^ "ccm :: Parker, Adelaide Parker - d'Arba, Etelka d'Arba, Bruno d'Arba, Joan d'Arba, Joan McLeod". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "ccm :: Parker, Adelaide Parker - d'Arba, Etelka d'Arba, Bruno d'Arba, Joan d'Arba, Joan McLeod". composers-classical-music.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "Royal College of Music: Additions to the Catalogue of Manuscripts" (PDF). p. 75-79.
- ^ "Variations sur un air de la rue au Moyen-Age (Arba, E. d') - IMSLP". imslp.org. Retrieved 2024-04-08.