The British Musical Biography

[E] Mundella, Emma, pianist, teacher, and
composer, born at Nottingham in 1858.
Daughter of the late John Mundella, of
Leicester, and niece of the Right Hon. A. J.
Mundella. Received her first musical instruc-
tion at home, and studied under Arthur Page,
187.3-6. Won the Nottingham Scholarship
on the opening of the National Training
School for Music in 1876, and afterwards took
the diploma, A.R.C.M. Was director of the
music at St. Elphin's Clergy Daughters'
School, Warrington ; and from 1880 at
Wimbledon High School. A career of much
usefulness was cut short by death, February
20, 1896. Of her compositions the principal
was " The Victory of Song" (Lewis Morris),
for female chorus, three violins, pf. and harp.
She also published two anthems ; Twelve
elementary duets ; Three sketches ; and other
pieces for pf . Editor of The Day School Hymn
Book, Novello, the enlarged edition of which
was in the press at the time of her death.

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