Clara Angela Macirone (1821-1914) was born in London, the daughter of Italian musicians. Her father was a singer and mother a pianist. She studied singing and piano at Royal Academy of Music. She built a reputation as a pianist, then as a teacher at the RAM, developing a system of music teaching that earned recognition by the eminent composer Sir George A. Macfarren. She was also active as a composer, publishing simply as C. A. Macirone. Most of her compositions are part-songs. These achieved wide recognition through performances by massed choirs at the Crystal Palace and at Exeter Hall. Her part-song “Sir Knight” was the first music heard by Queen Victoria over the telephone in 1878. She died in London.

 

All are SATB and unaccompanied unless noted in VOICING column. A noting of “div” indicates some divisi within a part or parts, but usually not a true independent part throughout the work. Solos and accompaniment are also noted.

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TITLE	VOICING	TEXT	REGION	LISTEN
All you ladies now on land		Earl of Dorset	UK
And shall Trelawny die?		Robert Stephen Hawker	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Autolycus’ Song		Shakespeare	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Cavalry Song			UK
Daybreak	w/piano	Longfellow	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Footsteps of Angels		Longfellow	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Good morrow to my Lady bright		Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Humptie Dumptie		Nursery Rhyme	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Jog along the footpath way		Shakespeare	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
O yes, O yes, O yes		Roxburgh Ballads	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Old Daddy Longlegs		Nursery Rhyme	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Ragged and torn and true		Old Ballad	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Ride a cock-hourse		Nursery Rhyme	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Autolycus’ Song		Shakespeare	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Sir Knight, Sir Knight, oh wither away	w/piano	Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Sweet Content Arranged by George James Webb & William Mason		Thomas Dekker	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The battle of the Baltic	w/piano	Thomas Campbell	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
The Emigrant's Song			UK
The sun shines fair			UK
The wounded Cupid		Anon.	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
To all you ladies		Charles Sackville	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Who is Sylvia?			UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing
Woman’s smile		Charles Cowden Clarke	UK	LISTEN X Stop audio before closing