Summary
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:
Hymns edit
- “How Can We Serve Thee, Lord” (text by Claudia Frances Hernaman)[13]
- “Shine Thou Upon Us, Lord” (text by Reverend John Ellerton)[14]
- “Solitude”[15]
- “Those Who With Dying Lips” (text by Esther Wiglesworth)[16]
Painting Collections edit
References edit
- ^ Stern, Susan (1978). Women composers : a handbook. Scarecrow Press. OCLC 681865655.
- ^ Miriam., Stewart (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 882451943.
- ^ Hixon, Don; Hennessee, Don (1993). Women in American music : a bibliography. Scarecrow. ISBN 0810827697.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Callow, Harriet. "Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust – Member of The Gardens Trust" (PDF). Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Love, James (1891). Scottish Church Music: Its Composers and Sources. W. Blackwood and sons.
- ^ "Harriet Callow | Hymnary.org". hymnary.org. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Callow, William (1908). An Autobiography. A. and C.Black.
- ^ Tucker, John Ireland (1892). The New Children's Hymnal: With a Choral Service for Sunday Schools, Guilds, Day Schools, and General Parish Use. J. Pott.
- ^ Callow, H. A. "Hymnary.org". hymnary.org. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ Assembly, Church of Scotland General (1886). The Scottish Hymnal (appendix Incorporated): With Tunes for Use in Churches. T. Nelson and Sons.
- ^ "The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 277. Thou Who with dying lips | Hymnary.org". hymnary.org. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ Chiltern Landscapes: Watercolours by William and Harriet Callow. Buckinghamshire County Museum. 2000.
- ^ "Harriet Anne Callow (née Smart) - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2024.