Dorothy Parke

Dorothy Parke (1904–1990) was a composer from Ireland, noted for children's works. She was born in County Londonderry, Ireland, and studied piano with Ambrose Coviello and composition with Paul Corder at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After completing her studies, she settled in Belfast and married Douglas Brown, a musician and teacher. Parke taught music in Belfast and worked as a composer. She died in Portrush, County Antrim.^[1][2]

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^[3]

References

1. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA362&dq=Dorothy+parke+grove&hl=en&ei=AtPxTJLXMMWt8Aapu7DRDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
2. ^ "Dorothy Parke". http://www.cmc.ie/composers/composer.cfm?composerID=100. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 
3. ^ "THE DISTAFF SIDE: SOME BRITISH WOMEN COMPOSERS". http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/oct02/distaff.htm#ixzz16XrtafOr. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 

Persondata
Name	Parke, Dorothy
Alternative names
Short description	Composer
Date of birth	1904
Place of birth	County Londonderry, Ireland
Date of death	1990
Place of death	Portrush, County Antrim, Ireland

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