May Mukle

May Henrietta Mukle FRAM (14 May 1880 – 20 February 1963) was a British cellist.[1] She has been described as a "noted feminist cellist",[2] and encouraged other women cellists.[1] She was described in The Times as "in the very front rank of living violoncellists",[1] and her obituary in The Times says of her: "by the turn of the century she was fully recognized not only as an outstanding musician but as one of the most remarkable cellists this country had produced."[3]

Her instrument was built by Montagnana and bought for her by an anonymous donor.[4]

Her portrait, painted by John Mansfield Crealock, is held in the museum of the Royal Academy of Music.[5] The May Mukle Prize was founded in 1964 in her honour and is awarded each year to a cello student of the college.[1]

Mukle was born in London and died at Cuckfield, Sussex, at the age of 82.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Campbell, Margaret (2011). The Great Cellists. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571278015. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ↑ McVeigh, Simon (2010). "Women violinists in London's concert life around 1900". In Hornby, Emma; Maw, David Nicholas. Essays on the History of English Music in Honour of John Caldwell. Boydell & Brewer. p. 251. ISBN 9781843835356. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Obituaries: Miss May Mukle". The Times (55638). 1 March 1963. p. 14. Retrieved 28 January 2016. (subscription required (help)).
  4. 1 2 Campbell, Margaret. "Mukle, May (Henrietta)". Grove Music Online. Retrieved 27 January 2016. (subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Portrait of May Mukle. By John Mansfield Crealock. Oil on canvas, 1930.". Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 27 January 2016.

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