Anne Eggleston

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Anne Elizabeth Eggleston (September 6, 1934 – November 27, 1994) was a Canadian composer and educator.

The daughter of

Banff School of Fine Arts.[1][2][3]

In 1964, her String Quartet won the CBC Radio Ottawa Original Music Competition. Eggleston also composed musical exercises for use in teaching the piano. Some of her pieces for piano students were incorporated into the Royal Conservatory of Music syllabus and examinations.[2][1]

She died in Ottawa at the age of 60.[4]

Eggleton's papers and piano are held at Library and Archives Canada.[2]

Selected works

  • Piano Quartet chamber quartet (1955)
  • Autumnal Clouds orchestra (1958)
  • The Woodcarver's Wife opera (1961)
  • Five Lullabies of Eugene Field voice and piano (1961)
  • Sketches of Ottawa piano (1962)
  • On Citadel Hill string orchestra (1964)
  • Musical Christmas Cards piano or voice and piano (1980)

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Anne Eggleston". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ "EGGLESTON, ANNE, 1934-1994". Music Archives. Library of Canada.
  4. ^ "Anne Eggleston". Canadian Music Centre.