Annie Jessie Fortescue Harrison (30 December 1848 – 12 February 1944), also known as Annie, Lady Hill and Lady Arthur Hill, was an
English
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composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and Defi ...
of
song
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s and
piano
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pieces.
She was born in
Calcutta
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,
British India
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, the daughter of
James Fortescue Harrison, MP of Kilmarnock. In 1865, they moved to
Crawley Down
Crawley Down is a small village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. There is one church, one school, and a number of social groups. It lies seven miles from Gatwick Airport. The next nearest railway stations are Three Bridges and ...
, Sussex, where her father built a mansion called Down Park. In 1877, she married
Lord Arthur Hill
Colonel Lord Arthur William Hill PC, DL, JP (28 July 1846 – 13 January 1931), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Conservative politician. He served three times as Comptroller of the Household between 1885 and 1898 in the Conservative adminis ...
, who had been a widower. They had one daughter.
Two of her piano instrumentals are:
*"The Elfin Waltzes"
*"Our Favourite Galop"
Two of her operettas are:
*''The Ferry Girl''
*''The Lost Husband''
Her most popular song was "
In the Gloaming" (1877), with lyrics by
Meta Orred
Meta Caroline Orred (1845 or 1846, in Edinkillie, Elginshire, Scotland – 23 May 1925, in Bournemouth) was an author and poet. Though born in Scotland, she lived most of her life in England
England is a country that is part of the Unit ...
.
References
External links
A Forty-Sixth Garland of British Light Music Composers*
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1848 births
1944 deaths
English composers
British women composers
Musicians from Kolkata
People from Crawley Down