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Miriam Timothy (24 February 1879 – 1950) was a British
harpist The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual string (music), strings running at an angle to its sound board (music), soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing ...
and teacher. She was a soloist, played with many London orchestras and taught harp at the
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Life

Miriam Timothy was born in London on 24 February 1879, daughter of Felix Festus Timothy and Jane ''née'' Hamblin. From 1890 to 1893 she studied with John Thomas at the
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, where she gained Bronze and Silver medals. She obtained a scholarship in 1893 to study at the Royal College of Music for three years, and later taught there; her students included the sisters Sidonie and Marie Goossens.Timothy, Miriam (Jane)
Sophie Drinker Institute. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
In September 1897 she appeared at a
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at the
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, playing a solo by John Thomas. During the following years she played solos in concerts, and took part in chamber music. Miriam Timothy played for
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at
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; she afterwards became a member of the Queen's band, playing several times at
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. She was one of the musicians at the
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in 1902, and the
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in 1911.Miriam Timothy, Harpist to Queen Victoria
33rpm.com. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
She played with the Queen's Hall Orchestra and other orchestras. From May 1904 she was a member of the
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, and accompanied the orchestra, with conductor
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, in 1912 on a concert tour of the US. In 1920 she left London, and in the Caribbean met and married Lt-Col Robert L Deane OBE(1879–1969); he was later Commissioner of Police in
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. She died there in 1950. Percy A. Scholes. "Timothy, Miriam". ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music''. Oxford University Press, 1964.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Timothy, Miriam 1879 births 1950 deaths British harpists British women harpists English classical harpists Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music Alumni of the Royal College of Music Academics of the Royal College of Music