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Lucy Hannah Clinton (19 November 1846 Westminster, London — 1932 Newhaven, East Sussex, England) was a London-born virtuoso pianist and influential collegiate piano pedagogue in Canada from 1869 to 1883, and England from then, until her death in 1932.

Performances

 * Charles Gardner's Annual Morning Concert
 * Hanover Square Rooms
 * Saturday, June 3, 1865


 * Charles Gardner's Annual Morning Concert
 * Hanover Square Rooms
 * Saturday, May 26, 1966

Education
Clinton held certificates from Sir Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875) and Cipriani Potter (1792–1871). She had also been a pupil of Charles Gardner (1836–1917) (London), Clara Schumann, and Carl Reinecke.

Career
Lucy Clinton was a professor of piano at Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ontario, from 1869 to 1883. In 1883, Clinton accepted a position at Cheltenham Ladies' College. Miss H.G. Wight, who had been Lady Superintendent at Hellmuth since 1876, replaced Clinton as Lady Principal. Kate Sara Chittenden, piano pedagogue and Head of the Music Departement at Vassar College from 1899 to 1930, had studied piano with Clinton from 1870 to 1876 at Hellmuth College. From 1885 to at least 1892, she served in several capacities, including Musical Directress, at Hyde Park College for Ladies in London, England.


 * Hyde Park College for Ladies
 * 115 Gloucester Terrace
 * Hyde Park
 * London
 * 45 Craven Road (private residence with Lady Principal, Miss L.G. Wight)


 * Hyde Park New College (1994)
 * 77 Gloucester Place
 * Alice Clinton, Lucy's sister, was Musical Directress in 1894
 * 9 Westbourne Street, Hyde Park
 * London (private residence)

Musical family
Lucy Clinton was the daughter of Irish-born John Clinton (1810–1864), professor of flute at the Royal Academy of Music, London, from 1842 to 1855, flutist for the Royal Italian Opera from 1847 to 1862, and flute maker from about 1845 until his death. He was the first prominent flutist in 1841 to become an exponent of the Boehm System — the prevailing ring-keyed system for flute that won-out and endures today. John Clinton had been a student of Charles Nicholson (1795–1837) at the Royal Academy. At the age of 24 (1834) he was publishing compositions. Clinton adopted the Boehm system around 1841 and taught it to his pupils at the Royal Academy. Clinton wrote what was probably the first instruction book for the Boehm flute. Clinton made and sold his own flutes (see Clinton flutes), beginning around 1945. His flutes adopted the Boehm system, but maintained a mechanical structure similar to an old eight-key system. Clinton flutes were produced by Rudall Carte, a firm composed of George Rudall (1781–1871) and Richard Carte (1808–1891), et al.
 * Lucy's parents

In 1866, sixteen months after the death of John Clinton (Lucy's father), one of Lucy's older sisters, Maria Clinton (1844–1877), also a virtuoso pianist, married Oluf Svendsen (1832–1888), a Danish-born flutist working in London. Svendsen was a member of Queen Victoria's private band at Windsor and was listed with the Royal Philharmonic Society in London from 1861 to his death. He had come to England at the age of 23 at the request of the French conductor Jullien, and was unusual in England at the time for playing a silver flute.
 * Lucy's siblings

Lucy's younger sister, Alice Fanny Clinton (never married; 1852–1933), was an accomplished pianist and Associate Female Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society. Alice was known for having adopted, with her brother-in-law Oluf Svendsen, a 7-year-old orphan pianist, Muriel Elliot (born 1877), who, after of the death of Svendsen, and three years of a serious illness (by Elliot), went on to study with Bernhard Stavenhagen. An 1896 article in the London Standard stated that Svendsen had been Elliot's godfather.

Muriel Elliot

 * Selected compositions
 * Joseph Williams, Ltd., London (publisher)
 * 32 Great Portland Street, W
 * London


 * "Over the Edge of the Purple Down," words by Rudyard Kipling, music by Elliot (1902);
 * "Birthday Greetings," duet, words by Mary Arbuthnot (or May Hill Arbuthnot), music by Elliot (1903);


 * Augener Ltd., London (publisher)
 * "A Christmas Husheen Song," two-part song for female voices with piano, music by Elliot, words by Elsie Fogerty (1912);
 * "Christmas Carol," two-part song for female voices with piano, words by Christina Rossetti (1912);
 * "Music to Shakespeare's 'As you like it,'" adapted for amateur or school performance, by Elliot (1912);
 * "The Rose & the Wind," recitation with piano, violin & cello, words by Philip Bourke Marston (1912);
 * "The Swallow-Tail and the Moth," two-part song for female voices with piano, words by Hilda Radford, music by Elliot (1912);
 * "When Daisies pied and Violets Blue," cuckoo song for two female voices, words by Shakespeare, music by Elliot (1912);
 * "There Is Sweet Music Here," three-part song for female voices with piano, words by Tennyson, music by Elliot (1912);
 * "War Hymn," for choir with piano or organ accompaniment, words by Mary Arbuthnot, music by Elliot (1914);
 * Two Pieces for Violin and Piano, music by Elliot (1917);
 * 1) "Melody," in D Minor
 * 2) "Album Leaf," in G;
 * "Oakeley," the children's song, words by Rudyard Kipling, music by Elliott


 * Self published
 * Atalanta in Calydon, a tragedy by Swinburne, incidental music by Elliot (1912);

Joseph Williams, Ltd., London (publisher)

 * St. Cecilia, Ninth Series, a Collection of Twenty-Four Three and Four-Part Songs for Treble Voices for Public School
 * 1)"A Litany," words by Phineas Fletcher, music by William Yeates Hurlstone (1899);
 * 2)"Elfin Sleep Song," Op. 13, by Amy Elsie Horrocks (1899);
 * 3)"Love-Sick Strephon," words by Ambrose Philips, music by William Yeates Hurlstone (1899);
 * 4)"The Fairy Thrall" Op. 13, by Amy Elsie Horrocks (1899);
 * 5)"When Hawthorn Buds," music by William Shield, accompaniment by Florian Pascal † (1899);
 * 6)"Orpheus with his Lute," words by Shakespeare, music by Florian Pascal † (1899);
 * 7)"Oh, All Ye Sons of God" ("Laudate Pueri") music by Mendelssohn
 * 8)"My Pinks All Blowing," music by Robert Schumann
 * 9)"The Chimeras," Italian words by Angiolo Orvieto (it), English translation by May Clarissa Gillington, music by Vittorio Ricci (1859–1925) (1900);
 * 10)"The Violet," Italian words by Gabriello Chiabrera, English translation by May Clarissa Gillington, music by Vittorio Ricci (1859–1925) (1900);
 * 11)"Blessed Are The Dead" (requiem), by John Farmer (1901);
 * 12)"Ingratitude," words by Shakespeare, music by Florian Pascal † (1900);
 * 13)"Sunrise," by Florian Pascal † (1900);
 * 14)2 songs, music by Florian Pascal † (1930)
 * i)"The Children of Spring," words by Carl Loewe;
 * ii)"The Children of Spring," three-part song, words by May Byron;
 * 15)"Who Are These Like Stars Appearing?" by John Farmer (1901);
 * 16)"Who Can Find a Virtuous Woman?" by John Farmer (1901);
 * 17)2 songs by John Farmer (1901)
 * i)"Suffer Little Children;"
 * ii)"Blessed Are They That Mourn;"
 * 18)4 songs arranged by by Florian Pascal †
 * i)"Widdicombe Fair," an old Devonshire folk song, accompaniment by Florian Pascal † (1907);
 * ii)
 * iii)
 * iv)"Elfin Song," Op. 71, music by Carl Reinecke, accompaniment by Florian Pascal † (1901);
 * 19)"Tell Me Where is Fancy Fred," by Robert Werner Oberhoffer (1955–1916) (1902);
 * 20)"Sister, Awake," words anonymous, music by Ernest Walker (1902);
 * 21)"Song of Hesperus," words by Ben Jonson, music by Roland Revell (né Roland Revell Dixon; 1867–1938) (1902);
 * 22)"Rest Thee On This Mossy Pillow," by Henry Thomas Smart (1902);
 * 23)"May Morning," words by John Milton, music by Elliot (1903);
 * 24)"Hark, Hark, The Lark," words by Shakespeare, music by Ernest Walker (1905);

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 * † Florian Pascal was a pseudonym for Joseph Williams, the publisher (see (detail bio at the Boise State University Gilbert & Sullivan Archive)


 * Obituary: Joseph Benjamin Williams, one of the oldest of London's music publishers, at Worthing, on July 12, in his seventy-fifth year. He was an excellent all-round musician-pianist, 'cellist, composer, and writer under a variety of names, that of Florian Pascal being the best known.


 * Florian Pascal's bio at Boise State's G&S Archive


 * St. Cecilia Series (1 thru 31)

Elliot's addresses

 * 1941: Torquay, England
 * 1941: Seaford, Sussex, England

Clinton's notable performances

 * October 24, 1927: BBC; Morning Concert, The Daventry Quartet and Muriel Elliott (Pianoforte); Morlais Morgan (Baritone)
 * January 6, 1930: BBC; A Pianoforte Recital, 5GB Daventry (experimental), Elliot (piano)

Other references to Muriel Elliot

 * 1930 letter from Arthur Somervell, Royal Academy of Music Museum