Jean Redcliffe-Maud

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Margaret Jean Redcliffe-Maud, Baroness Redcliffe-Maud (Template:Nee; 1904 – 6 November 1993), was a British pianist.[1]

Biography

Jean Hamilton was educated at Somerville College, Oxford. She married John Maud, later to become Lord Redcliffe-Maud, on 20 June 1932 in Oxford.[2] On 1 July of that year, they sailed for South Africa and she kept a diary of her experiences in Africa that was later published in book form.

Hamilton was a professional pianist. There is now a "John and Jean Redcliffe Maud prize" in the Contemporary Piano Competition at the Royal College of Music in London.[3]

Hamilton co-founded the University College Musical Society with her then fiancé, John Maud.[4] The first concert organised by the society was held in a lecture room at 90 High Street, one of the college-owned houses, on 1 June 1930. Hamilton accompanied the tenor singer Steuart Wilson.

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, opus 34, is a 1946 musical composition by Benjamin Britten that in the composer's words "is affectionately inscribed to the children of John and Jean Maud: Humphrey, Pamela, Caroline and Virginia, for their edification and entertainment."[5]

She was the master's wife at University College, Oxford, from 1963 to 1976.[6] She performed piano recitals and appeared in the Univ Revue there. She retired to live on the Woodstock Road in North Oxford with her husband and died on 6 November 1993.[7]

Jean Redcliffe-Maud is buried in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, with her husband.[8]

Books

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References

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  1. Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College. Oxford University Press, 2008, pages 460, 473, 486, 501. Template:ISBN.
  2. Redcliffe-Maud, John, Experiences of an Optimist: The Memoirs of John Redcliffe-Maud. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. Template:ISBN. (Dedicated to Jean Redcliffe-Maud.)
  3. Kalliopi Emmanuil and Isolda Crespi Rubio piano duo.
  4. Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College. Oxford University Press, 2008, page 460.
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  6. Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College. Oxford University Press, 2008, pages 460, 473, 486, 501. Template:ISBN.
  7. Colleges, Halls, and Societies Template:Webarchive, Oxford University Gazette, Vol. 124, No. 4321, 17 March 1994.
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