Maria Lindsay
Maria Lindsay Bliss was an English composer and songwriter. She was born in Wimbledon and married the Reverend John Worthington Bliss in 1858. She was one of the first women to achieve commercial success as an English songwriter in the 19th century, obtaining an exclusive contract with publisher Robert Cocks in London. She died in Betteshanger, Kent.
Works
Lindsay composed sacred and popular songs, often using contemporary poetry as text. Selected works include:- Absalom, 1868
- Excelsior, 1854
- Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead, 1858
- A psalm of life
- Daybreak
- Excelsior
- Hymn of the Moravian nuns at Bethlehem at the Consecration of Pulaski's Banner
- Stars of the summer night
- The Bridge
- The old clock on the stairs
- The Owl and the Pussycat
- The Song of Love and Death
- Too late, too late!
- ''With many a curve''