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Kate Lucy Ward (1833-1915) was a British composer,[1] teacher, and vocalist.[2] She was born in Wiltshire[3] and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Felix Mendelssohn praised her compositions during one of his visits to England.[4]

Ward's music was published by A. Hammond & Co.[5] Her compositions include:

Theatre

• music for small stage productions
• The Tempest (text by James T. Fields)[6]

Vocal

• "Ah, My Heart is Weary" [7]
• "At the Gate"
• "Bell of the Wreck"[8]
• "Do Not Look at Life's Long Sorrow" (text by Adelaide A. Procter)[9]
• "Lock of Brown Hair" [10]
• "Love is Timid" (text by Daniel Weir)
• "Mother, the Winds are at Play"[11]
• "O Loving Eyes" (text by Florence Percy)
• "Poppies Pale on Thy Pillow Weep" (text by Florence Percy)
• "Silver Moth"[12]
• "True Hearts"
• "True Song" (text by Florence Percy)[13]
• "Warrior's Grave"
• "Watching"

References

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