Mary Helena Synge

Mary Helena Synge (8 July 1840 – 5 February 1917)[1] was an Irish composer,[2] pianist,[3] and singer[4] who spent many years in England, where she died.

Mary Helena Synge
Born(1840-07-08)8 July 1840
Died5 February 1917(1917-02-05) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • singer
Instrument(s)Piano

Synge was born in Parsonstown to Margaret Jemima Saunders, Edward Synge, and a family of musicians and writers descended from the Archbishop Edward Synge.[5] Her cousin was the author John Millington Synge. Some of their correspondence is archived at Trinity College Dublin.[6]

Synge studied piano and singing at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.[7] She gave piano recitals throughout Ireland and England. A recital in London on 10 July 1883, received favourable reviews. She performed in Cork later that year,[5] and at the Antient Concert Rooms in Dublin in 1893.[8]

Synge’s music was published by Ashdown & Parry, Weekes & Company, and Year Book Press of London.[9] Her compositions include:

Piano
  • Album Leaves (collection)[9]
  • Danse Caprice[9]
  • Impromptu[9]
  • Kalakaua Gavotte[9]
  • Royal Marine Artillery Gavotte[9]

Vocal
  • “Eternity” [10]
  • “Farewell” (text by Miss E. Barnard)[9]
  • “Fate”[7]
  • “Happy Children” [11]
  • “Spring” (for three voices)[12]
  • “Spring Story” (text by Emmoren)[9]
  • “Time” [10]

References
  1. "Mary Helena Synge 1840-1917 - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
  3. British Biographical Archive: Series 2. K.G. Saur. 1991. ISBN 978-3-598-33630-0.
  4. Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-1138-3. OCLC 3844725.
  5. Brown, James Duff; Stratton, Stephen Samuel (1897). British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors, and Composers Born in Britain and Its Colonies. S.S. Stratton.
  6. Synge, Mary Helena (6 May 1893). "Letter to J.M. Synge from Mary Helena Synge". Library of Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  7. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN 0-9617485-2-4. OCLC 16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. Syngge, Mary Helena (1900). "Photograph of Mary Helena Synge". Digital Collections, Library of Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  9. Synge, Mary Helena. "worldcat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  10. Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
  11. "ShorChor". www.shorchor.net. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  12. Laurence, Anya (1978). Women of notes : 1,000 women composers born before 1900 (1st ed.). New York: R. Rosen Press. p. 51. OCLC 3844781.
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