Joy Boughton

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Christina Joyance Boughton (known as Joy) (14 June 1913 - 1963) was the daughter of English composer Rutland Boughton and artist Christina Walshe. She died in 1963 in tragic circumstances^{[citation needed]}.

She was taught oboe by Léon Goossens and attended the Royal College of Music from 1929 to 1937 at which, for a short while before her death, she was a Professor of Oboe. It was to Joy that in 1951 the English composer Benjamin Britten dedicated his Six Metamorphoses after Ovid which she premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival in that year. She helped establish Britten's English Opera Group and together with John Francis (flute) and Millicent Silver (piano) became part of The Sylvan Trio.

In 1937, Joy gave the first performance of the Oboe Concerto written specially for her by Rutland Boughton at a concert in Oxford with the Boyd Neel String Orchestra. She was married to the theatre impresario Christopher Ede and they had two children, Robin and Penny. A concert in her memory was held at the RCM in April 1963.

Further details

Sarah Francis (February 2004). Joy Boughton - A portrait. Double Reed News.
George Caird (Autumn 2006). Benjamin Britten and his Metamorphosis (No 76). Double Reed Society.

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Name	Boughton, Christina Joyance
Alternative names	Boughton, Joy
Short description	English oboist
Date of birth	14 June 1913
Place of birth
Date of death	1963
Place of death

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