Agnes Tyrrell

Agnes Tyrrell (20 September 1846 – 18 April 1883) was a Czech-born pianist and composer.

Agnes Tyrrell

Biography

Agnes Tyrrell was born in Brno, Moravia. She was the daughter of English teacher Henry Tyrrell and his wife Josefine Kotulan. She performed in her first recital at age nine, and attended the Conservatory in Vienna at age sixteen. She studied composition under Otto Ritzler and published her first compositions in 1872.^[1] Tyrrell became one of the few women to compose symphony works before 1900.^[2] Tyrrell died in Brno at the age of thirty-five.^[3]

Works

Tyrrell composed over three hundred works for solo instrument, orchestra, chamber ensemble and voice. Selected works include:

• Andante, op. 6
• Theme and Variations in F Major, op. 8
• Nocturno, op. 16
• Etudes, op. 48
• Grand Sonata, op. 66
• String quartet in G Major for chamber ensemble
• Symphony in C Major for orchestra
• Mazurka for orchestra
• Die Konige in Israel, oratorio
• Bertran de Born, opera^[2]

References

1. "AGNES TYRRELL, A MORAVIAN COMPOSER OF ENGLISH ORIGIN". Retrieved 16 October 2010.
2. "Women in Czech Music". Retrieved 16 October 2010.
3. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.