Catherine Lucy Ward Bridgen Carter (29 April 1829 [1] – 20 October 1915), was a British composer, [2] teacher, and vocalist. [3] She published her music under the name Kate Lucy Ward. [4]
Ward was born in Highworth, Wiltshire, [5] [6] the fifth daughter of Isaiah, a painter, and Anne Ward. [7] She had five sisters, Lydia Atmore, Anne, Helen Rose, Frances "Fanny" Agnes, and Adelaide, and younger brothers Henry Isaiah, Jabez Paul, and Francis. She was baptised in a non-conformist church in 1829, [8] but was baptised into the Church of England in 1846. [1] She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Felix Mendelssohn praised her compositions during one of his visits to England. [4]
In 1886, she married Alfred Thomas Bridgen Carter. [9] She died in Richmond, Surrey in 1915. [7]
Ward's music was published by A. Hammond & Co. [10] Her compositions include:
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Catherine Lucy Ward Bridgen Carter (29 April 1829 [1] – 20 October 1915), was a British composer, [2] teacher, and vocalist. [3] She published her music under the name Kate Lucy Ward. [4]
Ward was born in Highworth, Wiltshire, [5] [6] the fifth daughter of Isaiah, a painter, and Anne Ward. [7] She had five sisters, Lydia Atmore, Anne, Helen Rose, Frances "Fanny" Agnes, and Adelaide, and younger brothers Henry Isaiah, Jabez Paul, and Francis. She was baptised in a non-conformist church in 1829, [8] but was baptised into the Church of England in 1846. [1] She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Felix Mendelssohn praised her compositions during one of his visits to England. [4]
In 1886, she married Alfred Thomas Bridgen Carter. [9] She died in Richmond, Surrey in 1915. [7]
Ward's music was published by A. Hammond & Co. [10] Her compositions include:
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