Sharon Davis (born 1937) is a classical composer, pianist and music publisher. She is best known for her works ''Suite of Wildflowers, op. 1''; ''Three Moods of Emily Dickinson'';
and ''Three Poems of
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Roma ...
''.
Her ''Though Men Call Us Free'', written for soprano, clarinet and piano, draws upon words from
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet, and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwright ...
's ''
The Young King''.
In the 1970s she performed with the Los Angeles Brass Quintet,
and ''
Chamber Music Quarterly'' described her as a "fine musician".
Davis is the widow of composer
William Schmidt and now manages his music publishing company, Western International Music Inc., in
Greeley, Colorado
Greeley is the home rule municipality city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,795 at the 2020 United States census, an increase of 17.12% since the ...
.
References
External links
Delcina Stevenson & Sharon Davis performing ''Six Songs on Poems of William Pillin''for soprano and piano
Delcina Stevenson et al. performing ''Three Poems of William Blake''for soprano and solo low clarinet (alto, bass and contrabass)
Delcina Stevenson et al. performing ''Though Men Call Us Free''for soprano, clarinet and piano
Delcina Stevenson et al. performing ''Three Moods of Emily Dickinson''for soprano, violin, cello and piano
Sharon Davis performing her ''Cocktail Etudes'' for solo pianoSharon Davis performing Rayner Brown's ''Sonata Breve'' for solo piano
20th-century American composers
1937 births
Living people
American classical pianists
American women classical pianists
American music publishers (people)
20th-century American pianists
20th-century American women pianists
21st-century classical pianists
21st-century American women pianists
21st-century American pianists
20th-century American women composers
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