Although during her lifetime Ethel Barns was a well-known violinist, pianist and composer, her work is hardly known today. Barns was born in London on 5.12.1873; she died in Maidenhead, near London on 31.12.1948. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London at a time when increasing numbers of women were playing in concerts in the capital, but an orchestral post was still out of the question for a female violinist. Having completed her studies in Violin, Piano and Composition, Barns was a...