Elaine Hugh-Jones

Elaine Hugh-Jones (14 June 1927 – 29 March 2021)^[1][2] was a Welsh pianist, music educator and composer. She was born in London and studied piano with Harold Craxton, Julian Isserlis and with Lennox Berkeley.^[3] After completing her studies, she took a position as an accompanist with the BBC, where she worked for 37 years. She also taught music at Malvern Girls' College.^[4][5]

Works

Selected works include:

• A back view (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
• Bicker's Cottage (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
• Echo (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
• Ghosts (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
• Night song (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
• Silver (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
• The hare (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
• The madman and the child (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
• The old woman at the flower show (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
• The ride‑by‑nights (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)
• The road to Coursegoules (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
• The watch (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
• To a young cat in the orchard (in Eight Cornford Songs) (Text: Frances Cornford)
• Winter (in Six de la Mare Songs) (Text: Walter de la Mare)^[6]

Hugh-Jones' songs were broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and have been recorded and released on CD, including:

• Poésie et musique au féminin (The Feminine in Poetry and Music) Audio CD (9 April 2002) Gallo, ASIN: B000063COE
• In Flanders Fields Audio CD (9 May 2006) Quartz, ASIN: B000E1P33Y

She has also been featured in British Music: Some Views of Richard Arnell; Bantock & Newman; Holst, Purcell & Morley College; Elaine Hugh - Jones; Tobias Matthay; Music in Birmingham: v. 29 by Paul Jackson and Roger Carpenter (Paperback - 31 Oct 2007) British Music Society, ISBN 978-1-870536-29-5

References

1. Coleman, William (30 April 2021). "Elaine Hugh-Jones obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
2. Anna Joubert
3. Biography, composer's website
4. "Elaine Hugh-Jones". Retrieved 21 December 2010.
5. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
6. "Composer: Elaine Hugh-Jones (1927-)". Retrieved 21 December 2010.