Biography of Ethel Smyth

Ethel Smyth (* 22. April 1858 in Sidcup; † 8. May 1944 in Woking) was an englische Komponistin, Dirigentin, Schriftstellerin und Frauenrechtlerin. She was 86 years old. She studied at University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. She received 4 awards, including Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews.