Name Oliveria Prescott Died 1919 | Education Royal Academy of Music | |
Oliveria Louisa Prescott (3 September 1843 – 1919) was an English writer and composer.
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Biography
Oliveria Prescott was born in London, the daughter of Frederick Joseph Prescott and Elizabeth Oliveria Russell. She studied with Lindsay Sloper and then at the Royal Academy of Music under George Alexander Macfarren. She became Macfarren's amenuensis.
She lectured in harmony and composition for Newnham College, Cambridge, and also taught harmony at the High School for Girls in Baker Street, London.
Works
Prescott composed several overtures, a piano concerto, shorter orchestral pieces, vocal and choral works and two symphonies.
Selected works include:
Stage
Keyboard
Choral
Song
References
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