It promises to be a very special evening of music and readings, and we look forward to seeing you there on 1 November. E320383 U.S. Kitty Marion was a music hall artiste and suffragette. for the Suffragettes. She started her career as a singer in musical comedy and went on to appear in music halls billed as a singer or comedienne. For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources. In addition to her prize-winning ‘Phantasy’, the concert will feature a movement from Howell’s string quartet. Staff notation. "Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend?" Copyright Office 18930315 Title from caption. Smyth was 52 in the summer of 1910 when she met Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British suffragette movement. Strength with its beauty, life with its duty. Thanks to the generosity of Dorothy’s niece and nephew, Merryn and Colm Howell, the IHR and Senate House Library have been loaned the original score from which a section of the quartet has now been recreated by members of the Berkeley Ensemble. verso. Put together by Kate and the Ensemble, the programme includes four rarely heard works for string quartet, violin and piano, and piano trio: Ethel Smyth: String Quartet in E minor (1912), 1. Ethel Smyth was a first for women in music in a number of ways. Challenges. Suffragists used adapted tunes from soldier’s marches, popular songs, familiar hymns, and some even composed new music just for the occasion. That same year, Smyth composed one of her most famous works, a jaunty march that became “the Marseillaise of the Suffrage Movement”. Shaw, Anna Howard - Rayé-Smith, Eugénie M. (Eugénie Marie). Copyright Office 19150716 For voice and piano. Allegretto lirico (listen), Dorothy Howell: Phantasy for violin and piano (1925), Dorothy Howell: Quartet Movement (date unknown), Rebecca Clarke: Piano Trio (1921), 1. The works of Dorothy Howell and Rebecca Clarke were also regularly performed in the 1910s and 1920s. “Quiet” was a reflection of Lim’s frustration over societal expectations for women to remain quiet, unseen and unheard, and a reaction to her own experiences of domestic violence and having an eating disorder. This rousing battle hymn received its first performance in January 1911 at a WPSU rally in central London. Ask any British woman aged 25-40 about her first encounters with feminism, and the chances are that the words “spice”, “girl” and “power” will fall into conversation within minutes. In January 2017, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Milck (real name Connie Lim) released a song that became an unofficial anthem of the Women’s March in Washington DC. Taking their cue from political protest, many of the feminist movements that followed the suffragettes borrowed from folk music traditions. Goerke, Etta, Lyricist. Doc. The concert will be performed by London’s Berkeley Ensemble, with readings by the BBC Radio 3 broadcaster Dr Kate Kennedy. Song is version of "Lilly dale," composed by H. S. Thompson. The ticket also includes a glass of wine before the performance, and admission to a special exhibition of papers from the composers’ archives, and from Senate House Library’s extensive collections for early twentieth-century music and women’s suffrage. English interlinear words. Scorn and social disapproval from the approved pillars of society: jeers and laughter from fathers, husbands, prospective boy-friends: butt of music hall jokes and popular songs. Until recently Dorothy Howell received even less recognition. Members of the Berkeley Ensemble, photograph by Nigel Luckhurst. A327843 U.S. Minstrel show song. Glory, glory, hallelujah! In those early days of my association with the W.S.P.U. Goerke, E. (1913) Hurrah! It’s a legacy that has stood the test of time. Still, there’s no denying that Scary, Sporty, Baby, Ginger and Posh made Girl Power big news in the 1990s – a time when feminism was still regarded as “scary” by many young women, and few high-profile, mainstream artists aligned themselves publicly with the movement. Recorded by Sidney... Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Webster, Henry De Lafayette - Webster, Joseph Philbrick - McCready, John A. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/mussuffrage.mussuffrage-100112, The suffrage must be ours : rally march song. Whilst the role of the downtrodden husband had always been a feature of these songs, the coming of the suffragette movement produced some strong reactions. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as Glory, glory, hallelujah! Staff notation. The cause goes marching on. They’ve since been widely performed and recorded.