Maria Hester Park (1760-1813) - Sonata in F, No.1 Op.4 (1790)
Performers: Betty Ann Miller (piano)
Further info: Piano music
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English composer and teacher. She played the harpischord and piano in
public concerts and taught music to members of the nobility, including
the Duchess of Devonshire and her daughters. In April 1787 she married
the engraver and man of letters Thomas Park (1759-1834). On 22 October
1794 Haydn wrote to thank Park for sending him two charming prints,
enclosing ‘for the Mistris Park a little Sonat’ with the promise of
visiting her within a few days. Although she suffered from ill-health
for many years, her family life was a happy one; her husband wrote
several touching poems to her. Her surviving music, spanning a quarter
of a century, is that of a very competent, professional composer. Her
sonatas are varied and spirited, while the concerto for keyboard and
strings reveals an individual voice, particularly in the final rondo.
Earlier reference works confuse her with the singer and composer Maria
F. Parke, to the extent of calling the singer Maria Hester Parke; the
British Library Catalogue of Printed Music clearly distinguishes the
two. Her keyboard sonatas opp.1 and 2 were published under her maiden
name.
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