Ethel R. Harraden

Ethel R. Harraden
In The Sketch, 23 January 1895
Born	Ethel Rosalie Harraden 1857 (1857) Islington, Middlesex, England
Died	5 January 1917(1917-01-05) (aged 59–60) Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Education	Royal Academy of Music
Occupation(s)	Pianist, composer, music critic
Spouse	Frank Glover

Ethel Rosalie Glover (née Harraden; 1857–1917) was an English pianist, composer and music critic.

Life

Ethel Rosalie Harraden was born in Islington, Middlesex, England, in 1857,^[1] the daughter of Samuel Harraden, a London/Calcutta agent, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music.^[2] After completing her studies, she worked as a pianist and composer. She married Frank Glover and settled in Leamington Spa. Harraden became interested in composing for the stage, sometimes collaborating with her brother Herbert Harraden.^[3] She reviewed for the Leamington Spa Courier, a newspaper owned by her husband.^[4]

She died on 5 January 1917 at Leamington Spa.^[5][6]

Works

Harraden composed mostly ballads and stage music. Her works include:

• Two Melodies
• Tristesse for Cello and Piano (1886, Schott Music)
• I go to prove my soul (Text: Robert Browning) (c. 1884)
• The Rainy Day (Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)^[7]
• Pearl, cantata
• His Last Chance, operetta (1890)
• The Lady in Pink, operetta (1891)
• The Taboo, opera fantastie (1895)^[8]

References

1. "Ethel R. HARRADEN". FamilySearch. Retrieved 19 December 2010.^{[dead link‍]}
2. "'The Taboo,' at the Trafalgar Theatre". The Sketch. VIII (104): 604. 23 January 1895. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via Google Books.
3. Scowcroft, Philip L. (1997). Philip's book 'British Light Music Composers'. Thames. ISBN 0-903413-88-4. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
4. "Facts, Rumors and Remarks". The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular. 34 (604): 338–340. 1 June 1893. JSTOR 3363272.
5. "Glover". The Musical Times: 50. 1 February 1917. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via Google Books.
6. "Deaths: Glover". The Daily Telegraph. London. 6 January 1917. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Published in The Girl's Own Paper (1888)
8. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.

External links

• Free scores by Ethel R. Harraden at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• The Rainy Day, score at Victorian Voices archive