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Olivia Francisca Buckley-Dussek (* around 1799 in London; † 24 December 1847 in London) was an English pianist, harpist and composer.

Life

Olivia Francisca Buckley-Dussek is the daughter of the Bohemian composer Johann Ladislaus Dussek (originally: Dusik) and the singer, pianist and harpist Sophia Corri.
She was born in London. Various dates of birth between 1797 and 1801 are given in reference works. However, if Jan Ladislav Dusík was indeed the biological father, the birth can hardly have been after 1799, as Dusík fled to Hamburg at the end of 1799 after the music publishing house he founded together with his father-in-law Domenico Corri (1733-1825) went bankrupt and never returned. The mother raised her child alone, taught him to play both the harp and the piano and organised public performances for him. She gave her first concerts in London at the age of 8. Not yet of age, she married William Richard Buckley, whose son Richard Buckley was later to become an important translator of Homer and other works. In addition to bringing up 10 children and her duties as a mother and housewife, she led an active musical life: she performed in concerts, gave lessons and was organist at Kensington Parish Church for the last seven years of her life.

Under the synonym O.B.Dussek (she hardly ever used her middle name Francisca) she published compositions for the harp entitled The Harpist’s Friend – intended for the women of the Victorian era who were to fill their parents’ parlours with harp playing. She also published several vocal works entitled Fairy Songs and Ballads for the Young. However, 10 children in just under 25 years, hours of daily, often obsessive music-making and her work as a housewife must have taken their toll; she died at the age of just 48.

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