While her brother Alfred
had a year at school in France, she was taught Latin and poetical reading by Mary Lamb
, whose voice years later remain[ed] on my mind's ear.
Clarke, Mary Cowden. My Long Life. Dodd, Mead, 1896.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Cowden Clarke
MCC
's brother Joseph Alfred
(known as Alfred) set up the famous family music firm, which gave a continuing framework to the publishing projects of his father. He managed the firm until 1856. Edward Petre
Residence
Mary Cowden Clarke
MCC
, her husband
, and her brother Alfred
(now retired) lived at Nice (which then meant living in Italy), with her widowed father
and her sister Sabilla.
Clarke, Mary Cowden. My Long Life. Dodd, Mead, 1896.
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Residence
Mary Cowden Clarke
Following the death of MCC
's father
, she and her husband
, with brother Alfred
and sister Sabilla, moved from Nice to Genoa.
Clarke, Mary Cowden. My Long Life. Dodd, Mead, 1896.
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Timeline
About 1829: Alfred Novello, brother of Mary Cowden Clarke,...
Building item
About 1829
Alfred Novello
, brother of Mary Cowden Clarke
, launched the family music-publishing business at the family home, then 67 Frith Street, London.
Clarke, Mary Cowden. My Long Life. Dodd, Mead, 1896.
