Catherine Lucy Ward Bridgen Carter (29 April 1829''Wiltshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1922'' – 20 October 1915), was a British composer, teacher, and vocalist. She published her music under the name Kate Lucy Ward. Ward was born in

Highworth Highworth is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about northeast of Swindon town centre. The 2011 Census recorded a population of 8,151. The town is notable for its Queen Anne and Georgian buildings, dating ...

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,''1901 England Census'' the fifth daughter of Isaiah, a painter, and Anne Ward. She had five sisters, Lydia Atmore, Anne, Helen Rose, Frances "Fanny" Agnes, and Adelaide, and younger brothers Henry Isaiah, Jabez Paul, and Francis. She was baptised in a non-conformist church in 1829, but was baptised into the

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in 1846. She studied at the

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in London.

Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), born and widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include sy ...

praised her compositions during one of his visits to England. In 1886, she married Alfred Thomas Bridgen Carter. She died in

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in 1915. Ward's music was published by A. Hammond & Co. Her compositions include: ;Theatre *music for small stage productions *The Tempest (text by

James T. Fields James Thomas Fields (December 31, 1817 – April 24, 1881) was an American publisher, editor, and poet. His business, Ticknor and Fields, was a notable publishing house in 19th century Boston. Biography Early life and family He was born in ...

) ;Vocal *"Ah, My Heart is Weary" *"At the Gate" *"Bell of the Wreck" *"Do Not Look at Life's Long Sorrow" (text by Adelaide A. Procter) *"Lock of Brown Hair" *"Love is Timid" (text by Daniel Weir) *"Mother, the Winds are at Play" *"O Loving Eyes" (text by Florence Percy) *"Poppies Pale on Thy Pillow Weep" (text by Florence Percy) *"Silver Moth" *"True Hearts" *"True Song" (text by Florence Percy) *"Warrior's Grave" *"Watching"

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British women composers 1829 births 1915 deaths Musicians from Wiltshire 19th-century British composers Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music People from Highworth {{UK-composer-stub