Caroline Reinagle nee Orger 1818-1892

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Caroline Reinagle nee Orger  Born 1.5.1817 London - Died 11 March 1892 Tiverton, Devon, England
Her father was Dr Thomas Orger and her mother, was Mary Ann Orger a comic actress. Caroline initially trained as a pianist.  She married Alexander Reinagle, composer and organist in 1846. For most of her adult life she lived in Oxford, working as a piano teacher.

Orchestral

Piano Concerto 1842 - Now presumed lost.  This was published in 1842.  Caroline gave a performance of it at the Hanover Square Rooms in London.

Chamber

Piano Quartet No.1 1844
Piano Quartet No.2  in E flat major 1847
Piano Trio 1844
Cello Sonata in G major

Piano

Tarantella in E minor Op.4
Piano Sonata  in A major  Op.6  1850
Volunteer Rifle march 1860

Songs

'A Dead Past'  words by A A Procter 1863
'Would it were that I had been false, not you!'. words by Robert Browning
'In a Year'    words by Robert Browning
'I would that you were all to me'
'This is a spray the bird clung to'
'The Pilgrims'  1862
'A Shadow'  words by A A Proctor 1864
Three songs , words by Robert Browning 1868
'Come not, when I am dead'   words by A. Tennyson 1888
Song words by Christina Rossetti  1888

Sadly most of her works are lost, most likely when she gave up her home in Oxford, to live with cousins in Devon.
Apart from one bequest, she left her entire estate valued at £9,036 to her nephew Thomas Orger Lazenby.