Ivy Frances Klein (née Salaman; 23 December 1895 – 25 March 1972) was a British composer, pianist, and singer. She is best known for her settings of

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and Romantic poetry.

Biography

Ivy Frances Salaman was born in 1895 to British Jewish parents Edmund Vannutelli Salaman and Edith Bessie Salaman, who were

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. Her father worked in the soap manufacturing industry, and by 1916 served as Vice Chairman of Hazlehurst & Sons. Her maternal grandfather was composer and pianist

Charles Kensington Salaman Charles Kensington Salaman (3 March 1814 – 23 June 1901) was a British Jewish composer, pianist, and writer. He was the composer of more than one hundred settings of Hebrew texts for the West London Synagogue, as well as numerous songs in En ...

. Salaman studied

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and

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in Liverpool under Arthur Wormald Pollitt from 1912 to 1915, and published her first songs in 1921. In 1923, she began studying composition with Benjamin Dale at the

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, and receiving private vocal lessons from Anne Thursfield. Her musical setting of

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'' was presented to the Queen and played during the Coronation month of 1953.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klein, Ivy Frances 1895 births 1972 deaths 20th-century British composers 20th-century British Jews British women classical composers English classical composers English people of Dutch-Jewish descent English people of German-Jewish descent Jewish classical composers Jewish classical pianists Jewish English musicians Musicians from the City of Westminster People from Maida Vale Salaman family Singers from the City of Westminster