Dorothy Ada Lucy "Dal" Strutt[1] (18 May 1941 – 14 June 2019) was an English cellist, pianist, singer, violinist,[2] and self-taught composer.[3] Strutt has also worked under the name Dorian Carl Munday.[4]
Strutt was born in Essex. Strutt has studied cello, piano, violin, and voice from childhood but has no formal training in composition. Strutt is a professional musician who has worked as a pianist for Moreley College Music Theatre, as a member of the Barnard-Strutt-Owen trio, and in a multimedia trio with Malcolm Dedman and Martin Vishnick.[5] Strutt gave recitals and lectures in public schools.[2] Strutt served as a director of the Buddhist Society in London from 2006 to 2009[1] and has served as conductor of the London Gay Men’s Choir.[4]
Strutt’s music is published by the British Music Collection (today known as Sound and Music)[6] and is available through the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia.[7] Biographical information, scores and recordings of Strutt’s work are held in Heritage Quay https://heritagequay.org/archives/?author=Strutt the archive of the University of Huddersfield, as part of the British Music Collection archive. Dal Strutt’s compositions include:
Chamber
Quartet on Haiku (flute, clarinet, guitar and violin; text by Charles Ford)[8]
^ abcdeCohen, Aaron I. (1987). International encyclopedia of women composers (Second edition, revised and enlarged ed.). New York. ISBN0-9617485-2-4. OCLC16714846.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic bibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN0-8108-2769-7. OCLC28889156.
