Geraldine Mucha

Geraldine Thomsen Mucha (5 July 1917 – 12 October 2012) was a Scottish composer of Orcadian descent.

She was born in London and studied music first with her father. Later she studied composition with Benjamin Dale at the Royal Academy of Music. She married Czech writer Jiří Mucha (son of Alphonse Mucha) and had a son in 1948. After 1945 she lived in Prague.

Works

Selected works include:

• Nausica, ballet, 1942
• Macbeth, ballet, 1965
• Fantasy, 1946
• Pictures from Sumava symphonic suite, 1952
• Piano Concerto, 1960
• Carmina Orcadiana, 1960?
• The Tempest overture for orchestra, 1964
• String quartets, 1941, 1962, 1988
• Parting and Teasing, for piano 1942
• Sonatina for Viola, 1945
• Sonatas for violin and piano, 1947, 1961
• Piano pieces for children, 1953
• 16 Variations on a Scottish Folksong, for piano 1957
• Sea Scenes, for violin and piano 1958
• Nonet, 1959, 1982
• Sonnets from Shakespeare for speaker, flute, and harp, 1961
• Song of Songs for speaker, flute, and harp, 1963
• Serenade for wind quintet, 1964
• Intermezzo for English horn and strings, 1988
• Music for harp and piano, 1990
• Epitaph (in memory of Jiri Mucha), for string quintet and oboe, 1991
• Piano Trio, 1995
• Collection of Czech and Slovak songs for baritone and piano, 1943
• Folk Lullabies, 1952
• Two Choruses for women's voices, 1956–1958
• Incantation for baritone and orchestra on lyrics by Byron, 1960
• En Los Pinares de Jucar for soprano, oboe d'amore and strings, 1975
• 3 Jersey Folksongs, for soprano, baritone, and piano, 1975
• 3 Winter Songs for soprano, baritone, and piano, 1975
• John Webster Songs for soprano and orchestra (also a version for oboe d'amore, harpsichord, and for piano, 1975–1988
• 5 canciones de Antonio Machado for soprano and 7 solo instruments, 1980s
• Sonnets of Hawthornden for soprano, oboe, and string quintet, 1990
• Epitaph for oboe and string quintet, 1991

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