Elaine Hugh-Jones (14 June 1927 – 29 March 2021)Anna Joubert was a Welsh pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in London and studied piano with Harold Craxton, Julian Isserlis and with Lennox Berkeley.Biography, composer's website After completing her studies, she took a position as an accompanist with the BBC, where she worked for 37 years. She also taught music at Malvern Girls' College.
Works Selected works include: A back view (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford) Bicker's Cottage (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford) Echo (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare) Ghosts (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare) Night song (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford) Silver (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare) The hare (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare) The madman and the child (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford) The old woman at the flower show (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford) The ride‑by‑nights (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare) The road to Coursegoules (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford) The watch (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford) To a young cat in the orchard (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford) Winter (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
Hugh-Jones' songs were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and have been recorded and released on CD, including: Poésie et musique au féminin (The Feminine in Poetry and Music) Audio CD (9 April 2002) Gallo, ASIN: B000063COE In Flanders Fields Audio CD (9 May 2006) Quartz, ASIN: B000E1P33Y
She has also been featured in British Music: Some Views of Richard Arnell; Bantock & Newman; Holst, Purcell & Morley College; Elaine Hugh – Jones; Tobias Matthay; Music in Birmingham: v. 29 by Paul Jackson and Roger Carpenter (Paperback – 31 Oct 2007) British Music Society,
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