Maud Emily Marshall nee Breffit. Born Stoke Newington, London 5.8.1868 Died Kensington, London 30.10.1951
Born into a wealthy family, her father was a banker and ratal. She married Stewart Marshall and they had three children1.
She won a Cobbett prize for her piano trio.
Orchestral
Piano Concerto in A major
Chamber
Phantasy piano trio
String Quartet
String Quartet
Violin Sonata in B minor
Violin Sonata in G minor
Reverie for violin and piano pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd.
Mazurka for violin and piano pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd
Piano
Fantasiestuck pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd 1908
Scherzo Valse pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd
Valse in E flat pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd
Hide & Seek pub. by J Curwen 1923
The Little Dancer pub. by J Curwen 1923
A Thought pub. by J Curwen
A Second Thought pub. by J Curwen
Three Sketches pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd
Short Piano Pieces in progressive order Four vols. pub. by Lengnick & Co.
Great works for small hands pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd
Andante for two pianos pub. by Rogers Ltd 1912
Minuet and Trio for two pianos pub. by Rogers Ltd
Dancing Class piano duet pub. by OUP 1925
Messengers of Spring pub. by OUP 1937
Song
A Song of May pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd
A Song at Dawn pub. by Joseph Williams Ltd.
Baby Seed words by E Nesbit pub. by Chappell 1920
Musical Monologue
A Cherub words by E Sharp pub. by Reynolds & Co.
The Garden of the Blind words by B Hern-Maxwell pub. by Reynolds & Co.1922
Wordless Play
'Bluebeard' a wordless play pub. by J Curwen 1925
Stewart Ray Marshall
1.
Stewart R. Marshall
Helen R. Marshall
Evelyn Marshall
Born at 6 Park Crescent, Stoke Newington Church Street
Matrimonial home. 2 Green Lane, Northwood, Middlesex
Died at 95 Iverna Court, Kensington.
Parents had 4 live in servants
What is a "ratal"?
It is a person who assesses the amount of tax to be paid on ratable value of a property.
Thanks, Giles. I had never come across the word before.
"Word of the day" for me too.
What is a "wordless play"?
Has anyone seen the manuscript... What's the standard of the music in general? The piano concerto for example?
I would presume that a "wordless" play is perhaps a play in mime - like Thornton Wilder's "Our Town".
What is the source for the claim that her trio won a Cobbett prize? When researching the Cobbett competitions to fill in the page at IMSLP (https://imslp.org/wiki/Cobbett_Competitions) I never ran across her name. Is it possible that the trio was actually commissioned by W.W. Cobbett? Some sources claim that Dorothy Howell's Phantasy for Violin and Piano (https://imslp.org/wiki/Phantasy_for_Violin_and_Piano_(Howell%2C_Dorothy)) was a Cobbett prize winner when it was in fact a Cobbett commission. Thanks!
In answer to cypressdome; Marshall's Cobbett prize. I refer him to the second edition of Cobbett's published in 1963. It states that she was awarded a supplementary prize in 1920 for her Phantasy Piano Trio.
I am assuming the piano concerto was unpublished. I wonder if the MS has survived.