Dora Bright

Dora Estella Knatchbull (née Bright; 16 August 1862 – 16 November 1951) was a British composer and pianist.

[10] Kate Pitt's works included the plays Not False but Fickle, Noblesse Oblige, Bracken Hollow and Naomi's Sin.

[1] Her circle of close friends there included fellow students Edward German and his fiancée Ethel Mary Boyce.

[7] In 1889, 1890 and 1892 she made concert tours of Germany, including Dresden, Cologne and Leipzig, with performances of her Piano Concerto in A minor.

An early success in this line came in 1903 when The Dancing Girl and the Idol, an oriental fantasy with words by Edith Lyttelton, was given an amateur production at a prestigious charity event in Chatsworth House.

[20][21] Bright and Genée have been credited with "returning English ballet to the centre of London Theatre", and played key roles in the creation of the Royal Academy of Dancing.

[14] Bright continued to composer orchestral music into the 20th century: her Variations for Piano and Orchestra was completed during a stay in Paris in 1910.

In 1938 she raised the money for the restoration of the small church in the grounds of her home, Babington House, which is attributed to Sir Christopher Wren.

[3] Selected works include: Ballets Piano with orchestra Orchestral Instrumental and Chamber Songs Opera