This week fascinated by singer & songwriter Mabel Batten (1856-1916). Her rich extant archive a source for British queer history and music. Long-term lover of Radclyffe Hall, author of notorious lesbian [some argue trans] novel. Close to composers like Adela Maddison, Ethel Smyth

Came across cellist Beatrice Harrison today (1892-1965). Made the 1st recording of Elgar’s cello concerto (Elgar conducting). Also gave world premiers of Delius’ cello sonata, his 1st violin sonata & (with her sister May) his double concerto (which Delius dedicated to them).

Hi Hazel, if it’s of interest, the lovely @Multitudeofvoyc , is based v. near to you. Their expertise includes female composers in church music (they’ve published scores etc). Hope not presumptuous to sign off with a link to my own fave vocal piece: youtube.com/watch?v=oVfESNE-… 😊

So pleased piano works by Alice Mary Smith and 3rd movt of Caroline Reinagle’s important sonata on @ericasipes Sightreading Maverick show yesterday youtube.com/watch?v=bUASCOqz… (uploaded to IMSLP with thanks to @dbenjaminmiller for his help).

Alice Mary Smith’s 1870 clarinet sonata is lovely @sdraucker. Performance ed exists as it does for both symphonies, 2 overtures, Quartet in A Major and 3 of her of choral anthems. There are modern recordings of the clarinet sonata and also the symphonies. 😀

Great to see news of the ongoing interest in Pamela Harrison included (as is Grace Williams) by the @BBCPhilarmonic in a programme of five C20 British composers on 17 April. I loved this 2023 album of P. Harrison’s work with @robertplane and the @GouldPianoTrio

Musical Times 1896: warm reception for Cornelie van Oosterzee (1863-1943) conducting her symphonic tone piece in Utrecht. But struggling to find any of her music or many more details about her. But acc. wiki she was a correspondent of C. Schumann, ⁦⁦@sarahfritzwritr⁩ ?