Lucy Anderson is mentioned in the same breath as English pianists of the calibre of William Sterndale Bennett.
12 Facts About Lucy Anderson
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Lucy Anderson's father was a music seller, who is described as "a professor of music" or "an obscure double bass player".
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Lucy Anderson had lessons from her cousin, a Mr Windsor of Bath, and from William Crotch.
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Lucy Anderson first achieved recognition as a pianist in Bath, moving to London in 1818.
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Lucy Anderson was the first woman pianist to play at the Philharmonic Society concerts.
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Lucy Anderson appeared 19 times between 1822 and 1862, and was the first pianist to play Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto with the society.
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Lucy Anderson championed Beethoven's concertos and played them more often than any other English pianist up to 1850.
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Lucy Anderson is described as "formidable" and "a manipulator of wide patronage".
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Two queens appointed her as their pianist, Queen Adelaide in 1832 and Queen Victoria in 1837, Lucy Anderson having been Victoria's piano teacher from 1834 or earlier.
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Lucy Anderson taught the piano to Victoria's children, as well as to other high-born ladies.
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In 1848 her husband George Frederick Lucy Anderson was appointed Master of the Queen's Music.
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Lucy Anderson retired in 1862, and died in London on 24 December 1878.