English composer, singer, and keyboardist Jane Savage (1752/3-1824) likely performed and composed in a strictly domestic setting. Studying alongside her father’s music students, she became a skilled composer of vocal and keyboard music. Her compositional output includes a cantata, Strephan and Falvia, Six Easy Lessons and Six Rondos for the harpsichord, several solo songs and vocal duets, and a double lesson for harpsichord on “God Save the King.” Savage assumed financial responsibility for the publication of her works, most of which were likely written before her marriage in 1793.

Resources

Sources

Cowgill, Rachel E. “Savage, Jane.” Grove Music Online. 2001.

Works Featured on Expanding the Music Theory Canon

Lento from Lesson 1
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Rondo from Sonata 2
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Minuet from Sonata No. 5, Op. 2
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