Jane Savage

Jane Savage (born 1752/1753, died 1824) was an English harpsichordist and composer. She was the daughter of English musician and composer William Savage (c. 1720–1789) and his wife Mary Bolt Savage. It is likely that Jane accompanied her father from his estate near Tenterden in Kent to London in 1780 or 1781 and lived in Red Lion Square, Holborn.[1] Most of her music was published in this period. Unpublished pieces have been lost.[2]

After her father and mother died, Savage married merchant R. Rolleston in about 1790. It is unclear whether she continued her career in music. She did not publish any compositions in her married name.[3]

Works

Selected works include:

  • Six Sonatas for Harpsichord or Piano (1783)
  • Six Rondos for the Harpsichord or Pianoforte, Opus 3 (1786)
  • Strephan and Flavia, A Favourite Cantata (voice and keyboard instrument) (1786)
  • A Favourite Duet (keyboard) (1789)
  • Two Duets for Voices (1789)
  • God Save the King, adapted as a Double Lesson (keyboard) (1789)
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References
  1. Henry George Farmer, “A Forgotten Composer of Anthems: William Savage (1720–89),” Music and Letters 17, no. 3 (July 1936): 195.
  2. McCalman, Iain; Mee, Jon (2001). An Oxford companion to the Romantic Age: British culture, 1776–1832.
  3. R.E. Cowgill, "Savage, Jane," New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001).
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