Two Interlinked French Folk-Melodies 鋼琴三重奏 法國

艾瑟爾-斯邁思夫人出生于一個音樂世家。她 19 歲進入萊比錫音樂學院學習，其作曲能力很快得到認可。她創作了多部歌劇，包括 1901 年在德累斯頓上演的《Der Wald》，後來又在考文特花園和紐約大都會歌劇院上演。她還創作了歌曲、D大調彌撒曲、《安東尼與克裡奧派特拉》序曲、D大調管弦樂小夜曲、《清障者》前奏曲、小提琴和大提琴奏鳴曲、絃樂四重奏和管風琴前奏曲。她是女權運動的領袖，創作了《婦女進行曲》和《婦聯戰歌》。晚年，她很少創作音樂，部分原因是耳聾日漸嚴重，但她繼續創作優秀的散文。她的回憶錄《留下的印象》（Longmans，1919 年）是一本引人入勝的讀物。1910 年，她被杜倫大學授予榮譽 DMus，1922 年被授予 DBE 勳章

作曲家: Smyth Ethel
樂器: flute, oboe and piano
出版社: Emerson Edition
原文簡介:
Dame Ethel Smyth was born into a musical family. She went to study at the Leipzig Conservatory at the age of 19 and her ability as a composer was soon recognised. She composed several operas including Der Wald which was performed at Dresden in 1901 and later at Covent Garden and at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. She also wrote songs, a mass in D, an overture to Anthony and Cleopatra, a serenade in D for orchestra, a prelude to The Wreckers, sonatas for both violin and cello, string quartets and organ preludes. She was a leader in the suffragette movement, and composed The March for Women and The Battle Song of the W.S.P.U. In her later years she wrote little music, partly due to increasing deafness, but continued to write excellent prose. Her book of memoirs Impressions that Remained (Longmans 1919) makes fascinating reading. In 1910 she was given an honorary DMus from Durham University and was awarded the DBE in 1922.