The British Musical Biography

[E] Boyce, Ethel Mary, composer and pian-
ist, born at Chertsey, Surrey, October 5th,
1863. Daughter of George Boyce, J. P.
Studied at R.A.jM., pianoforte under Walter
Macfarren, and composition under F. W.
Davenport. Was Lady Goldsmid Scholar,
1885; Potter Exhibitioner, 1886; won the
Sterndale Bennett Prize the same year, and
the Lucas Medal for composition, 1889. Res-
ident in Chertsey as composer and teacher.
Associate, R.A.M., 1890.

[W] Works. — Cantatas : The Lay of the brown
rosary (Mrs. Browning), 1890; Young Loch-
invar, 1891 ; The sands of Corriemie, female
voices, 1895 ; March in E, orchestra, West-
minster Orchestral Society, 1889 ; Eight pieces,
violin and pianoforte (NoveUo's albums).
Songs — " So she went drifting," and others.
Part-songs: "Love has come," etc. Piano-
forte pieces : " To PhyUis " ; Short pieces for
children, etc.

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