Dorothy Gow

Dorothy Gow

Dorothy Gow (born 1893, d. 1 Nov 1982) was an English composer. She was born in London, the youngest of six children from a Scottish family. The Music Society performed her works as early as 1922, and after this initial success, Gow began studying at the Royal College of Music when she was in her thirties. She studied composition with Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music and with Egon Wellesz in Vienna. She never married, and died in London.^[1][2]

Works

Selected works include:

• String Quartet in One Movement (1947)
• Oboe Quintet (1936)^[3]

Her works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• An English Renaissance Audio CD (2004) Oboe Classics

References

1. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 14 December 2010.
2. Fuller, Sophie (1994). The Pandora guide to women composers: Britain and the United States.
3. "Women of Note". Retrieved 14 December 2010.