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Priaulx Rainer started composing in 1924, but little came from her pen until 1937, after a long period of recuperation following a serious car accident in 1935. Her first acknowledged work was
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in June 1982. She was a passionate gardener and ecologist who helped design, and planted the exotic plants in, Barbara
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Professor of Composition at the RAM, where she remained until 1961. She was elected a Fellow in 1952. Her students included
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scored for tenor, flute, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord. Pears first sang it publicly at the
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at the age of 17, in 1920, when she took up a scholarship to the
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works composed in England. Her Cello Concerto was premiered by
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September 1964 where it was introduced to the world by
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in France, aged 83. The date was the 70th birthday of
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commented that she "must have barbed-wire underwear".
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was written for, and dedicated to, Janet Craxton and
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219:(1950). Her first large-scale work for voices was
207:for strings (1947; commissioned by a close friend,
804:The Guardian, The God of small things, 28 May 2004
521:W. Jagger Library at the University of Cape Town.
415:(1973), an evocation of one her favourite places,
43:composer. Although she lived most of her life in
1126:Priaulx Rainier: Fearless and pioneering composer
858:Journal of Historical Research in Music Education
55:remembered from her childhood. She never adopted
276:gave the first performance of Priaulx Rainier's
143:but considered herself essentially self-taught.
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199:for piano (1949; premiered in November 1950 by
505:, the poet to whose words she had written her
280:(1956; tenor and unaccompanied chorus) at the
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111:(RAM). She studied there with
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742:"Sonata for viola and piano"
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492:Wildlife Conservation Trust
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183:in 1957. She often used
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650:Music Web International
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321:, Head of Music at the
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302:(1970), a setting of
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432:Due Canti e Finale
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1069:About Tate
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