Dame Ethel Smyth
Dame Ethel Mary Smyth (; 22 April 1858 – 8 May 1944) was an English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Her compositions include songs, works for piano, chamber music, orchestral works, choral works and operas.
Smyth tended to be marginalised as a "woman composer", as though her work could not be accepted as mainstream. Yet when she produced more delicate compositions, they were criticised for not measuring up to the standard of her male peers. She was the first female composer granted a damehood.
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String Trio: I. Allegro, non troppo - Celebrating Women! -
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String Trio: II. Moderato grazioso - Celebrating Women! -
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String Trio: III. Andante cantabile - Celebrating Women! -
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String Trio: IV. Vivace - Celebrating Women! -
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Suite for Violin, Viola and Cello: I. Inleiding: Moderato chiara - Celebrating Women! -
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Suite for Violin, Viola and Cello: II. Fugato: Rigoroso - Celebrating Women! -
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Suite for Violin, Viola and Cello: III. Scherzo: Leggiero e presto - Celebrating Women! -
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Suite for Violin, Viola and Cello: IV. Andante: Dolce - Celebrating Women! -
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Suite for Violin, Viola and Cello: V. Finale: Vivace. Rigoroso possibile - Celebrating Women! -
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String Trio in D Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro - Celebrating Women! -
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String Trio in D Major, Op. 6: II. Allegretto grazioso - Celebrating Women! -
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String Trio in D Major, Op. 6: III. Adagio (Non troppo) - Celebrating Women! -
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String Trio in D Major, Op. 6: IV. Finale. Allegro molto - Celebrating Women! -
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Fugue in G Minor - Celebrating Women! -
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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner communes with his Soul "I awoke in the middle of the night" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: Voices sing of immortality "We are full of immortality" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner asks the secret of emancipation "I was alone with sorrow" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: His Soul (echosed by Voices) replies "There is no secret" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: He asks in what shape emancipation will come (Who are our saviours?) "Will it return to me w - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Voices reply "Others are elsewhere, under other names" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: Orchestral Interlude. The first glimmer of Dawn - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 1. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner understands his own immortality "In the faint grey morning I hear" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Chorale Prelude in the Prison Chapel (The Prisoner awakes) - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: His Soul tells him the end of the struggle is at hand "The struggle is over. the time has co - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: He hears his guests (the elements of his personality) moving to depart "I hear them overhead - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Pastorale. Sunset calm. - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: He disbands his ego "I disband myself" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Voices sing (in Greek mode) the indestructibility of human passions "The laughter we have la - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: Death calls him (The Last Post) - Gloring, he obeys the summons "For years you have been con - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Pt. 2. The Deliverance: His farewell, his triumph, his peace "This is no leavetaking" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner communes with his Soul "I awoke in the middle of the night" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: Voices sing of immortality "We are full of immortality" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner asks the secret of emancipation "I was alone with sorrow" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: His Soul (echosed by Voices) replies "There is no secret" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: He asks in what shape emancipation will come (Who are our saviours?) "Will it return to me with the same face" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: The Voices reply "Others are elsewhere, under other names" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: Orchestral Interlude. The first glimmer of Dawn - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part I. Close on Freedom: The Prisoner understands his own immortality "In the faint grey morning I hear" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: Chorale Prelude in the Prison Chapel (The Prisoner awakes) - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: His Soul tells him the end of the struggle is at hand "The struggle is over. the time has come - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: He hears his guests (the elements of his personality) moving to depart "I hear them overhead moving to depart - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: Pastorale. Sunset calm. - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: He disbands his ego "I disband myself" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: Voices sing (in Greek mode) the indestructibility of human passions "The laughter we have laughed" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: Death calls him (The Last Post) - Gloring, he obeys the summons "For years you have been conning your lesson" - Smyth: The Prison -
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The Prison, Part II. The Deliverance: His farewell, his triumph, his peace "This is no leavetaking" - Smyth: The Prison -
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