Ann Valentine
Ann Valentine was an English organist and composer, part of a talented family of Leicester musicians.
Life
Ann Valentine was born on 11 January 1762 in Leicester and christened on 15 March. Her father John Valentine was a great-nephew of the composer Robert Valentine. John Valentine was a composer, music teacher, and musician. He played viola in the memorial concerts held for George Frederic Handel in London in 1784; his son, Ann's brother Thomas Valentine was a second violinist in the same concerts, and performed in London for at least the next decade. Another uncle, Henry Valentine, was an oboist and ran a music shop in Leicester. Ann's younger sister Sarah was an organist at Cathedral [Church of St Martin, Leicester|St Martin's Church] in Leicester from 1800, and composed at least one work, The British March and Quickstep for the Pianoforte. Ann made her concert debut on the harpsichord in a family concert in 1777, at the age of fifteen. From c. 1785 to at least 1834 she was the organist at St Margaret's Church, Leicester. In 1790 she published a set of ten sonatas for harpsichord or piano with violin or flute accompaniment. She continued to publish music, although only some of it has survived; the ten sonatas and an arrangement of the strathspey Monny Musk are available in a modern edition.Works (partial list)
- Ten Sonatas for the pianoforte or harpsichord and violin or flute
- Monny Musk for keyboard