Hyde, Miriam Beatrice (1913–2005)
Hyde, Miriam Beatrice (1913–2005)
Australian composer, pianist, and teacher. Born in Adelaide, Australia, Jan 15, 1913; died Jan 11, 2005; studied at Royal College of Music as an Elder Scholar (1932–35); studied piano with Howard Hadley and Sir Arthur Benjamin and composition with R.O. Morris and Gordon Jacob.
Won the Sullivan, Farrar and Cobbett prizes for composition at Royal College of Music; won Anzac Song prize 3 times; performed 2 of her Piano Concertos with London Philharmonic conducted by Leslie Heward and London Symphony conducted by Constant Lambert; in Australia, her Adelaide Overture was conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent (1936); composed over 160 works, including a dozen major orchestral pieces. Awarded OBE (1981).
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