Margaret Dare

Margaret (Marie) Dare (4 February 1902 - 11 February 1976) was born in Newport-on-Tay, Scotland.[1] She is known for cello performance and chamber composition.[2] She died in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

Margaret Dare
Born4 February 1902
Died11 February 1976
Other namesMarie Dare
Known forComposition, Cellist

Education

Dare studied cello performance and composition at the Guildhall School of Music. While there, she studied under Warwick Evans, and W H Squire.[3] Dare later continued her studies in Paris.[2] While in Paris, she studied under Paul Bezelair and Benjamin Dale alongside fellow pupil Margaret Hubicki.[3][4]

Second World War

During World War II, Dare enlisted in the Women's Royal Naval Service.[2]

Career

As a teenager, Dare performed in the Victory Concert at the Royal Albert Hall.[2] After serving in World War II, she performed as principle cellist in the Reid Orchestra. She performed recitals in Budapest, London, and Vienna.[3] In her later years, she performed in the Scottish Trio.[3] She worked as a professor of Cello at RSAMD.[5]

Honors

Dare received Composition Prizes and the Women Musicians Composition Prize (for Piano Trio) during her career, as well as the Gold Medal for Instrumentalists and the Sir Landon Ronald Prize during her schooling.[3]

Compositions[2]

Some of Dare's Compositions are titled:

  • Aria
  • Chant
  • Elegy
  • A Widow Bird State Mourning
  • Day-Dream A
  • Lac, Le
  • Menuet
  • Nocturne
  • Phantasy String Quartet
  • Raasay
  • Rhapsody
  • Rhapsody for double bass and orchestra
  • Rustic Dance
  • Spanish Shawl, The
  • Three Highland Sketches
  • Two Pastorales
  • Valse

References
  1. "Marie Dare | Composer | Minerva Scientifica". Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "Marie Dare". British Music Collection. 4 April 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. "Marie Dare". Scottish Music Centre. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. "A Century of British Women Composers: Classical CD Reviews- September 2000 Music on the Web(UK)". www.musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  5. Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose, eds. (2017), "D", The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (2 ed.), Edinburgh University Press, pp. 107–128, ISBN 978-1-4744-3629-8, retrieved 28 January 2022
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