Ethel Barns (5 December 1873[1] – 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.[2][3]
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.[4] Barns became a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and died in Maidenhead on 31 December 1948.[5][6]
- ^ Ethel Barns Born Dec 5 1873 Baptised Jan 10 1874 Poole's Park St Anne, Islington, child of William and Margaret Phoebe Barns Father's occupation Zinc Merchant. London Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1917 for Ethel Barns Page 30 of 215 London Metropolitan Archives via Ancestry
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