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Ethel Smyth.
Ethel Smyth.

Dame Ethel Smyth

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Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
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April 22, 1858, London, England
Died:
May 9, 1944, Woking, Surrey (aged 86)
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Dame Ethel Smyth (born April 22, 1858, London, England—died May 9, 1944, Woking, Surrey) was a British composer whose work was notably eclectic, ranging from conventional to experimental.

Born into a military family, Smyth studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and was encouraged by Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák. She first gained notice with her sweeping Mass in D (1893). Her best-known work is The Wreckers (1906), the most-admired English opera of its time. March of the Women (1911) reflected Smyth’s strong involvement in the woman suffrage movement. The comic opera The Boatswain’s Mate (1916) enjoyed considerable success. Smyth wrote a multivolume autobiography, Impressions That Remained (1919–40).

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