Karen MacIver: Augusta Ada Byron [download]

For two pianos. From the PianoPiano project, a collection evoking the spirit of ten remarkable women.

Computer typeset score (17p) saved as pdf for immediate download.

One fun-loving crazy lady, matched by this music!

Ada Lovelace, also known as Augusta Ada Byron, was the daughter of a mathematician mother, Isabella and her husband, the poet, Lord Byron.
The marriage did not last.

A mathematician herself, she worked alongside Charles Babbage who is considered the ‘father of the modern computer’.

She invented the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine and as a tribute to her work, the American banking system to this day uses the
software programme ADA.

It wasn’t all hard work – she loved wine & gambling, throwing wild parties, and used her mathematical prowess in an attempt to crack the lottery numbers.
She never did!

Recording available on CD.