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Dorothy Ada Lucy Strutt[1] (born 5 May 1941) is an English cellist, pianist, singer, violinist,[2] and self-taught composer.[3]

Strutt was born in Essex. She has studied cello, piano, violin, and voice from childhood but has no formal training in composition. Strutt is a professional musician who has worked as a pianist for Moreley College Music Theatre, as a member of the Barnard-Strutt-Owen trio, and in a multimedia trio with Malcolm Dedman and Martin Vishnick.[4] She gives recitals and lectures in public schools.[2] Strutt served as a director of the Buddhist Society in London from 2006 to 2009.[1]

Strutt’s music is published by the British Music Collection (today known as Sound and Music)[5] and is available through the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia.[6] Scores and recordings of her work are held in Heritage Quay https://heritagequay.org/archives/?author=Strutt the archive of the University of Huddersfield, as part of the British Music Collection archive. Her compositions include:

Chamber

• Quartet on Haiku (flute, clarinet, guitar and violin; text by Charles Ford)[7]
• Sonata (oboe and clarinet)[8]
• Three Haiku (clarinet and cello)[8]

Dance

• Circle (three dancers and piano)[2]
• Words at Castlerigg (dancers and cello)[2]

Orchestra

• Sinfonia[6]

Organ/Piano

• Lumen de Lumine (organ)[9]
• Sonata on Six (piano)[10]
• Sonorities (piano)[10]
• Wilderness (organ)[9]

Theatre

• External Mind[2]

Vocal

• “A Flower was Offered Me” (text by William Blake)[11][12]

References

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