Dorothy Parke (29 July 1904 – 15 February 1990) was a composer and music teacher from Northern Ireland, noted for children's works. She was born in

County Londonderry County Londonderry ( Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry ( ga, Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster. B ...

, Ireland, and studied piano with Ambrose Coviello and composition with

Paul Corder Paul Walford Corder (14 December 1879 - 6 August 1942) was an English composer and music professor. Corder was born at Pimlico, London, the son of musician Frederick Corder and his wife Henrietta Walford. He was baptised at St Gabriel's, Warwick ...

at the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...

in London (LRAM, 1929). After completing her studies, she settled in Belfast and married Douglas Brown, a musician and teacher. Between 1930 and 1960 Parke taught music in Belfast and worked as a composer. Among her pupils were Norma Burrowes and Derek Bell. She died in Portrush, County Antrim.

Works

Parke composed songs and piano solos, choral and vocal music. Selected works include: *''St. Columba's Poem on Derry'', solo song *''A Song of Good Courage'', solo song *''The House and The Road'', solo song *''The Road to Ballydare'', solo song *''To The Sailors'', solo song *''Like A Snowy Field'' (1951) choral miniature *''Wynkyn, Blynkyn and Nod'' (1949) choral miniature

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