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= Marie Foxon =

Marie Foxon (1861- 1943) was a professional music teacher who organised morale-boosting concerts for civilians during the First World War in her native Sheffield

Early Life
Marie Foxon was born in Pitsmoor, Sheffield. Methodist upbringing and performed at Chapel. She trained at the Royal Academy of Arts and returned to Sheffield to spend her life teaching and organising concerts

First World War
Text A series of "Five O'Clock Concerts" held in Albert Hall

Inter-War Years
An appreciation. The decline in demand for music teaching. Last of "Five O'Clock Concerts". Social change move from music

Obituary
"Her devotion to the art and her expansive and gracious personality made a deep impression on the lives of the immense number of pupils who came to her from the North of England and the Midlands" ""