Anderson, Frances Helen 25.feb.1912-16.feb.2005 England Sussex, Winchelsea - Oxfordshire, Great Coxwell
conductor, music traveler/organiser, not identified as composer, she was the most famous and musically active Helen Anderson of the several musicians named Helen Anderson and may have been the composer of the here listed work, she studied music and history at Last Margaret Hall in Oxford, studied at the Royal College of Music London, 1930 appointed by the Council for the Encouragement of Music and Arts (CEMA) as music traveller for Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire, she travelled around the region arranging musical events to maintain morale, 1940 as professional musician residing with her mother at 'Pilgrims Way' on Crondall Lane in Farnham Surrey, 1943 she organised a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion in Durham Cathedral where was only a small choir but she recruited sponsors and formed a 90-strong choir and an orchestra from the local community and her friends, the performance made a profit with an audience of more than 1500, 1944 she moved as music traveller to the South-West of England, 1977 she retired to Great Coxwell where she continued to teach music ; daughter of barrister John Coussmaker Anderson (India, Bombay 1852-17.jun.1930 Kent, Ramsgate) and Minnie Storr (Sussex, Eastbourne 16.oct.1875-27.apr.1954 Sussex) ; she never married