Ann Valentine

Ann Valentine (11 January 1762 – 13 October 1842) was an English organist and composer.

Life

Ann Valentine was born on 11 January 1762 in Leicester and christened on 15 March.^[1] Her father was the composer John Valentine II. Ann Valentine lived in Belgrave Gate and worked as organist at St Margaret's Church, Leicester until 1834. She published popular music for piano, some of it with voices and instrumental accompaniment.^[2] The Ten Sonatas for piano with violin or flute (ca.1790) and Monny Musk arranged as a rondo for piano (ca.1798) are published in modern editions.

Works (Partial List)

Ten Sonatas for the pianoforte or harpsichord and violin or flute (ca.1790)
Monny Musk for keyboard (ca.1798)

References

^ For biography, list of works, and bibliography see D. Hayes, "Ann Valentine."
^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. p. 471. ISBN 0393034879. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA471&dq=Ann+Valentine+norton+grove&hl=en&ei=TJDbTOTsF4GB8gaIvdXMCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.

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Name	Valentine, Ann
Alternative names
Short description	Composer and organist
Date of birth	11 January 1762
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Date of death	13 October 1842
Place of death