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Eva Ruth Spalding (December 19, 1883 - March 1969) was a British composer who wrote string quartets and piano music,[1] and set texts by many poets to music.[2]

Spalding was born in Blackheath, Kent, to Henry Spalding and his second wife Ellen. She was the youngest of eight children, with four half-siblings and three full siblings. Henry Spalding was a paper merchant.[1]

Spalding studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where she passed the violin teacher exam in 1904.[3] She also studied with Leopold Auer at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia.[4] After returning to England, she taught piano and violin privately and at Bradfield College.[5]

Spalding set texts by the following poets to music: Léon Bazalgette, William Blake, Phineas Fletcher, Paul Fort, Fernand Gregh, George Herbert, Ioannes Papadiamantopoulos (as Jean Moréas), Edmund Spenser, Charles van Lerberghe, Clara Walsh, and Walt Whitman.[5][6][7][8][9]

• List of Songs by Eva Ruth Spalding

Spalding’s music was published by Maurice Senart.[1] In addition to songs, her compositions included:

Piano

• Etude for the Left Hand[10]
• Prelude[1]

Strings

• Poeme (violin and piano)[11]  
• String Quartet No. 1[1]
• String Quartet No. 2[1]
• String Quartet No. 3[1]
• String Quartet No. 4[1]
• String Quartet No. 5[1]
• Violin Sonata No. 1[1]
• Violin Sonata No. 2[12]
• Violin Sonata No. 3[12]

References

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