Dora Bright - Her Life and Works in the Public Eye - Anthony Bilton
Return to the Country, 1920-1939
Dora Bright - Her Life and Works in the Public Eye - Anthony Bilton
Anthony Bilton [+]
Independent Scholar
Anthony Bilton built a successful career as an IT Risk and Audit Consultant working with some of the largest management consultancies and banks in the UK. However, throughout his career he maintained his keen interest in music (sparked by his teacher, the organist at Beverley Minster), both playing and researching. Two particular strands to his musical life – his research into Romantic piano concertos and his exploration of Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s music – led Anthony Bilton to Dora Bright’s piano concerto and thence to this biography, which will offer the first full-length study of Bright’s inspirational life and work.
Description
The retirement of Adeline Genée brought about the end of an era for Dora Bright, who returned to her Somerset home to take on the role of Country lady and charitable benefactor. In the same period Dora discovered the radio and how it could become a new way of reaching her audience with her newly composed music.