Ethel Barns
Ethel Barns (5 December 1873 – 31 December 1948) was an English violinist, pianist and composer. She was born in London and entered the Royal Academy of Music at as a teenager, where she studied with Emile Sauret for violin, Ebenezer Prout for composition and Frederick Westlake for piano. Barns made her debut as a violinist at The Crystal Palace in London in 1896, and toured in England and the United States. While on tour, Barns sometimes accompanied prominent opera singer, Adelina Patti. Barns was a member of the first council of the Society of Women Musicians, which was founded in 1911. Barns became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and died in Maidenhead on 31 December 1948. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1874 (London), Died December 31, 1948 (Maidenhead)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1907 - 1915
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-11264 | 10-in. | 11/16/1911 | Swing song | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-15880 | 10-in. | 4/13/1915 | Idylle | May Mukle | Cello solo, with piano | composer | |
Gramophone | 6654e | 10-in. | 1907 | Swing song | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barns, Ethel," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108559.
Barns, Ethel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108559.
"Barns, Ethel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Barns, Ethel, 1874-1948 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00090949
Wikidata: Ethel Barns - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5403071
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/48778881
MusicBrainz: Ethel Barns - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1b9df64e-c271-4760-bb8b-741d3cf64071
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