CLARKE, Rebecca Helferich

  British-American classical composer and violist. Internationally renowned as a viola virtuoso, she also became one of the first female professional orchestral players.

Although Clarke's output was not large, her work was recognised for its compositional skill and artistic power. Some of her works have yet to be published (and many were only recently published); those that were published in her lifetime were largely forgotten after she stopped composing. Scholarship and interest in her compositions revived in 1976. The Rebecca Clarke Society was established in 2000 to promote the study and performance of her music.

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