Dorothy Strutt

Dorothy Ada Lucy "Dal" Strutt^[1] (born 18 May 1941-14 June 2019) was an English cellist, pianist, singer, violinist,^[2] and self-taught composer.^[3] Strutt has also worked under the name Dorian Carl Munday.^[4]

Strutt was born in Essex. Strutt has studied cello, piano, violin, and voice from childhood but has no formal training in composition. Strutt is a professional musician who has worked as a pianist for Moreley College Music Theatre, as a member of the Barnard-Strutt-Owen trio, and in a multimedia trio with Malcolm Dedman and Martin Vishnick.^[5] Strutt gave recitals and lectures in public schools.^[2] Strutt served as a director of the Buddhist Society in London from 2006 to 2009^[1] and has served as conductor of the London Gay Men’s Choir.^[4]

Strutt’s music is published by the British Music Collection (today known as Sound and Music)^[6] and is available through the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia.^[7] Biographical information, scores and recordings of Strutt’s work are held in Heritage Quay https://heritagequay.org/archives/?author=Strutt the archive of the University of Huddersfield, as part of the British Music Collection archive. Dal Strutt’s compositions include:

Chamber

• Quartet on Haiku (flute, clarinet, guitar and violin; text by Charles Ford)^[8]
• Sonata (oboe and clarinet)^[9]
• Three Haiku (clarinet and cello)^[9]

Dance

• Circle (three dancers and piano)^[2]
• Words at Castlerigg (dancers and cello)^[2]

Orchestra

• Sinfonia^[7]

Organ/Piano

• Lumen de Lumine (organ)^[10]
• Sonata on Six (piano)^[11]
• Sonorities (piano)^[11]
• Wilderness (organ)^[10]

Theatre

• External Mind^[2]

Vocal

• "A Flower was Offered Me" (text by William Blake)^[12][13]

References

1. "DAL STRUTT - RAINHAM - COMPOSER". www.checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
2. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
3. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic bibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
4. "Dal Strutt | Search Results | Heritage Quay". Retrieved 24 November 2022.
5. Composer. British Music Information Centre. 1985.
6. Homuth, Donald (1994). Cello Music Since 1960: A Bibliography of Solo, Chamber & Orchestral Works for the Solo Cellist. Fallen Leaf Press. ISBN 978-0-914913-27-6.
7. Strutt, Dorothy. "Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia" (PDF). freelibrary.org. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
8. Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
9. The Clarinet. Department of Music, Idaho State University. 1980.
10. Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
11. Keyboard Solos and Duos by Living British Composers. British Music Information Centre. 1974.
12. "Dorothy Strutt (b. 1941) - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
13. Fitch, Donald (1 January 1990). Blake Set to Music: A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-09734-6.