About Margaret Essex
Lived 1775 – 1807 (aged 31–32). Margaret Essex was a British composer.
Margaret Essex (1775–1807) was an English composer of chamber and vocal music. Timothy Essex was her brother.
An example of her compositions is "The Butterfly", published in The first solos: songs by women composers. Volume I: high voice. from Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard Publishing Company, c2000.
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Who was Margaret Essex?
English composer of chamber and vocal music
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Margaret Essex was born in 1775.
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Margaret Essex died in 1807.
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Margaret Essex was a composer.
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Margaret Essex was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Margaret Essex. https://biography.guide/margaret-essex/
MLA: "Margaret Essex." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/margaret-essex/.
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