May Brahe
May Brahe acheived remarkable success in that more than 290 of her 500 or so songs were published. She was the only Australian woman composer to win both local and international recognition before WW2.
Born in Melbourne, May Brahe acheived remarkable success in that more than 290 of her 500 or so songs were published. She was the only Australian woman composer to win both local and international recognition before WW2. She is best known for what has now become Dame Joan Sutherland's standard encore: Bless This House.
Compositions by May Brahe appear on
Repose
Beautiful lullabies and cradle songs by Australian composers from 1890–1999. Soprano Linda Thompson and pianist Deviani Segal present world premiere recordings drawn from a century of Australian cradle song.
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