Edith Swepstone

Edith Mary Swepstone (4 January 1862 – 5 February 1942) was an English composer and music teacher. She studied music at the Guildhall School and later worked as a lecturer at the City of London School. She died in Tonbridge, Kent. Career She studied music at the Guildhall School in London, England In 1895 she was giving music lectures at the City School of London. Though the music is not located, 14 of Swepstone’s orchestral works were presented in a total of 24 performances, between 1899 and 1933. There are only three recorded instances of her orchestral music having been performed elsewhere. The minuet and rondo of her Symphony in G minor were performed in Leyton on 10 March 1887 with the composer conducting the Aeolian Ladies’ Orchestra, and the opening movement at the Guildhall School of Music on 7 December 1889 as part of a concert of student works. Swepstone’s influence is apparent in that, of all the pieces played at the series and written by women, over half were her compositions. Orchestral * Symphony in G minor (1887, first complete performance Bournemouth, 3 February 1902) * Les Tenebres overture (fp. Queen’s Hall, 1897, Bournemouth 1903) * Daramona, symphonic poem (fp.