Background
Ann Valentine was born on 11 January 1762 in Leicester and christened on 15 March. Her father John Valentine (1730-1791) was a great-nephew of the composer Robert Valentine.
Ann Valentine was born on 11 January 1762 in Leicester and christened on 15 March. Her father John Valentine (1730-1791) was a great-nephew of the composer Robert Valentine.
John Valentine was a composer, music teacher, and musician. Ann"s younger sister Sarah (1771–1843) was an organist at Street Martin"s Church in Leicester from 1800, and composed at least one work, The British March and Quickstep for the Pianoforte. Ann made her concert debut on the harpsichord in a family concert in 1777, at the age of fifteen.
From c.
1785 to at least 1834 she was the organist at Street Margaret"s Church, Leicester. In 1790 she published a set of ten sonatas for harpsichord or piano with violin or flute accompaniment. She continued to publish music, although only some of it has survived.
The ten sonatas and an arrangement of the strathspey Monny Musk are available in a modern edition