Amy Elsie Horrocks 1867-1916

[giles.enders]

Amy Elsie Horrocks 1867-1916.  Variations for piano and strings written 1895.  Does anyone know anything about this piece? 

[eschiss1]

not yet, but btw why 1916 (Wikipedia claims "The bird and the rose" was composed in 1917)? MusicSack just has b.1867, Viaf has 1867-1920.

[giles.enders]

Very often the date music is published is mistaken for when the music was composed.  Having visited the Metropolitan Archives in London, I can confirm she was born in Brazil in 1867, her English parents were out their on business.  They returned to England when Amy was quite young.  She lived for a considerable period at 17 Goldhurst Terrace in London, where she described herself as 'Professor of Music.  Strangely there is no record of her death either in 1916 or 1920.

[eschiss1]

(no argument there, either - an annoyance on IMSLP where date of publication is "transposed" to date of composition with no reason thought about or at least no reason given, sometimes with a "ca." inserted as, well, a figleaf- as though 175-year-gaps did not regularly insert themselves between composition and publication...) (and I say this as a fan of, editor of, and admin of the site, not intending some sort of harsh existential criticism. Likewise Wikipedia. Anyway. Thank you much!)