Harriet Anne Smart

Harriet Anne Smart Callow (October 20, 1817 — June 30, 1883)[1] was a British artist and composer [2][3] who is best remembered for her hymns[4][5] and her paintings of the British countryside.[6][7] Her works were published under the names Harriet Smart and H. A. Callow.

Callow was born in London to the violinist Henry Smart and his wife Anne Stanton Bagnold Smart,[8] a music teacher.[9] Callow’s brother was the composer Henry Thomas Smart,[10][11] and her uncle was Sir George Smart, the Queen’s organist.[12] She studied painting with the artist William Callow, and married him in 1846.[6]

The couple lived in Buckingshamshire after their marriage. In his autobiography, William Callow described his wife as “an excellent pianist and vocalist and. . . a good linguist.” She started a school in Buckingshamshire during the 1850s to teach the local laborers how to read, and also raised money to rebuild a church nearby in the village of Great Missenden. Sir William Jenner treated her unsuccessfully during her final illness in 1883.[12] Her works include:

  1. ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Scarecrow Press. OCLC 681865655.
  2. ^ Miriam., Stewart (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 882451943.
  3. ^ Hixon, Don; Hennessee, Don (1993). Women in American music : a bibliography. Scarecrow. ISBN 0810827697.
  4. ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
  5. ^ Evans, Robert; Humphreys, Maggie (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4411-3796-8.
  6. ^ a b Callow, Harriet. "Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust – Member of The Gardens Trust" (PDF). Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  7. ^ Elson, Arthur (1903). Woman's Work in Music: Being an Account of Her Influence on the Art, in Ancient as Well as Modern Times; a Summary of Her Musical Compositions, in the Different Countries of the Civilized World; and an Estimate of Their Rank in Comparison with Those of Men. L.C. Page.
  8. ^ Highfill, Philip H.; Burnim, Kalman A.; Langhans, Edward A. (1991). A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers & Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800. SIU Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-1526-0.
  9. ^ Love, James (1891). Scottish Church Music: Its Composers and Sources. W. Blackwood and sons.
  10. ^ "Harriet Callow | Hymnary.org". hymnary.org. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  11. ^ Dennison, Sam; Laurence, Anya; Zaimont, Judith Lang; Famera, Karen; Stewart-Green, Miriam; Hixon, Don L.; Hennessee, Don (1985). "Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born before 1900". American Music. 3 (4): 479. doi:10.2307/3051837. ISSN 0734-4392. JSTOR 3051837.
  12. ^ a b Callow, William (1908). An Autobiography. A. and C.Black.