Dorothy Strutt

Dorothy Ada Lucy "Dal" Strutt[1] (born 5 May 1941) is an English cellist, pianist, singer, violinist,[2] and self-taught composer.[3] Strutt has also worked under the name Dorian Carl Munday.[4]

Strutt was born in Essex. Strutt has studied cello, piano, violin, and voice from childhood but has no formal training in composition. Strutt is a professional musician who has worked as a pianist for Moreley College Music Theatre, as a member of the Barnard-Strutt-Owen trio, and in a multimedia trio with Malcolm Dedman and Martin Vishnick.[5] Strutt gives recitals and lectures in public schools.[2] Strutt served as a director of the Buddhist Society in London from 2006 to 2009[1] and has served as conductor of the London Gay Men’s Choir.[4]

Strutt’s music is published by the British Music Collection (today known as Sound and Music)[6] and is available through the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia.[7] Biographical information, scores and recordings of Strutt’s work are held in Heritage Quay https://heritagequay.org/archives/?author=Strutt the archive of the University of Huddersfield, as part of the British Music Collection archive. Dal Strutt’s compositions include:

Chamber
  • Quartet on Haiku (flute, clarinet, guitar and violin; text by Charles Ford)[8]
  • Sonata (oboe and clarinet)[9]
  • Three Haiku (clarinet and cello)[9]

Dance
  • Circle (three dancers and piano)[2]
  • Words at Castlerigg (dancers and cello)[2]

Orchestra

Organ/Piano
  • Lumen de Lumine (organ)[10]
  • Sonata on Six (piano)[11]
  • Sonorities (piano)[11]
  • Wilderness (organ)[10]

Theatre
  • External Mind[2]

Vocal

References
  1. "DAL STRUTT - RAINHAM - COMPOSER". www.checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. 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)
  3. 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.
  4. "Dal Strutt | Search Results | Heritage Quay". Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. Composer. British Music Information Centre. 1985.
  6. Homuth, Donald (1994). Cello Music Since 1960: A Bibliography of Solo, Chamber & Orchestral Works for the Solo Cellist. Fallen Leaf Press. ISBN 978-0-914913-27-6.
  7. Strutt, Dorothy. "Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia" (PDF). freelibrary.org. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  8. Boenke, H. Alais (1988). Flute Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-26019-3.
  9. The Clarinet. Department of Music, Idaho State University. 1980.
  10. Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. ABC-CLIO. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-26802-1.
  11. Keyboard Solos and Duos by Living British Composers. British Music Information Centre. 1974.
  12. "Dorothy Strutt (b. 1941) - Vocal Texts and Translations at the LiederNet Archive". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  13. Fitch, Donald (1 January 1990). Blake Set to Music: A Bibliography of Musical Settings of the Poems and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-09734-6.
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