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nyse Than = der of tre - O° pen your 6, wears np “het wreath Sout ete haul Na Sk ‘wih Hetnvich von Herragenberg. By the time she rtumed to England around 1990, she was composing large sale works, ‘Opera, Der Wald. England was even more repressive lo women as professional musicians than Europe and America, so Smyth found it ser to gether work performed futher from home. Der Hild was the fis pera composed by a woman tobe performed athe lan Opera in New York City, and remained the only one forthe nest 113 years iil we cam sce evidcnce that Hrtain recognized ance as composer as carl asin 1910, when Durham University awarded her an honorary doctorate Thats aso the year ‘Smyth met suffagete leader Fmmeline Pankhurst (who was brought back tothe work's aitcnton when she was played by Meryl Stecep in 2015) Songs ofthe Sunrite was writen forthe suragetes; and "The March of the Women” its inal movement, pecnited by the {London Symphony Orchestra in 1911. The irs two decades ofthe twentieth century were devastating tothe entire Western woe td Smyth's connections to Germany meant the upheaval ouched her personally She worked asa radiologist during World War I. and rahally came to realize she was losing her hearing: so she tuned her altention wo writing. Equally sucessful as an autor as she was asa Composer, Smyth produced evocative work ina pithy and original voice, using her popularity and charisma ts advocate for women's Fights. In 1922, Smyth was the first woman compose to be honored as u Dame Commander ofthe Order of the Beitish Expire. Many of ther works remain unpublished AN Digitalizado com CamScanner