Barcroft, Emma Dorothea 'Dorothy' 'Dora' (fem) 4.aug.1885-23.jun.1958 England, Wolverhampton - Wolverhampton
pianist, radio broadcaster, playwriter, editor, born and 1910 as teacher piano and singing residing with her parents at 109 Upper Villiers Street in Wolverhampton, 1922-1923 traveled Europe and Kenya Africa, 1923 she presented Woman's Hour and 1924-1935 as Auntie Dorothy Children's Hour on Midland Regional Station BBC in Birmingham, member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, Performing Rights Society and Soroptimist, 1934 residing at 30 Harborne Road in Wolverhampton, 1936-1956 professor of music with studio at 'The Studio' 62 Queen Street Wolverhampton, 1957-1948 residing and studio at 13 Paget Road in Wolverhampton, she died at Queen Victoria Nursing Institution in Wolverhampton ; daughter of schoolmaster William Henry Bancroft (Stoke on Trent 1852-1917 Wolverhampton) and Eliza Ann Showell (Wolverhampton 1854-1946 Wolverhampton) ; she never married

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[] Liebeslied in E. Pianoforte pub Weekes & Co., London 6feb1913
[] Liebeslied. Pianoforte dedication: To Miss Minnie Hamblett pub in E, Collard Moutrie, London 15jun1914 pub simplified edition in D, Collard Moutrie, London 20mar1916
[] O fairest Rose. Song words and music E. Dorothea Barcroft pub Weekes & Co., London 6feb1913 pub J. B. Cramer & Co., London 1914
[] Mazurka grotesque. Pianoforte dedication: To Miss Minnie Hamblett pub Bach, London 1914
[] La joie de vivre. Pianoforte dedication: To Miss E. L. Hinton pub Bach, London 1914
[] A love letter. Piano pub Collard Moutrie, London 20mar1916
[] Yvonne. Pianoforte pub Collard Moutrie, London 16feb1920
[] First African suite. Swahili sketches. Piano arr. Sydney Baynes for orchestra (Boosey's orchestral journal no.227) pub Boosey & Co., London 30aug1923	[] 1 - On safari [] 2 - Kraal song [] 3 - Shamba song [] 4 - Kenya idyll [] 5 - Massed ngoma
[] Roses d'amour. Melodie pour violon et piano pub Schott & Co., London 17oct1923 copyright renewal E. Dorothy Barcroft 27feb1951
[] Pixie music. 4 Piano pieces pub Boosey & Co., London 17dec1924 copyright renewal E. Dorothea Barcroft 9jan1952	[] 1 - Dance of the butterflies
[] Arsinoe. Intermezzo. Piano arr. Sydney Baynes for orchestra (Boosey's orchestral journal no.251) pub Boosey & Co., London 22dec1924 copyright renewal Boosey & Co., 5jan1952
[] My book. 8 Children's songs words and pictures by Myrrha Bantock pub Boosey & Co., London 1dec1926
[] Over the garden wall. 6 Songs for children words and pictures by Myrrha Bantock pub Boosey & Co., London 23mar1928 copyright renewal Dorothea Barcroft 12apr1955	[] 1 - Caravans
[] Songs of Elfin town. 6 Children's songs words Myrrha Bantock pub Boosey & Co., London 29jun1931 copyright renewal E. Dorothea Barcroft 2jul1958	[] 1 - The dawn fairy

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