Dame Ethel Smyth

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“I feel I must fight for (my music), because I want women to turn their minds to big and difficult jobs; not to just go on hugging the shore, and afraid to put out to sea.”

 

Dame Ethel Smyth – 

1902 letter to her collaborator Henry Brewster



Yes, Gena Branscombe and Ethel Smyth met.   During the Summer of 1935, while Gena was visiting her daughter in England, a visit was arranged between the two composers. There must have been a shared tea with a discussion of women composers of their era!

#BringingBackBranscombe


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