
Composer Profile: Ethel Smyth, Composer & Suffragete
Born in 1858, the life of composer Ethel Smyth coincided with the vastly changing social landscape of Britain. Smyth is best remembered as an active contributor to the suffragette movement and as one of the most notable female composers of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Smyth was born in Sidcup, Kent to a large family on April 22, 1858. She {…}