Talk:Ethel Smyth

message: Article hasn't reached the point yet where its inclusion wouldn't be a bit much, but interesting article on Smyth's student works by Kathleen Dale was published in 1949 in Music & Letters and has been scanned in by the JSTOR project at this URL  or at a library where such back issues are to be found *g*: Music & Letters, Vol. 30, No. 4. (Oct., 1949), pp. 329-336. Schissel | Sound the Note! 19:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
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message: Sources are not unanimous.  Her birth is either 22 or 23 April 1858, and her death is either 8 or 9 May 1944.  Can anyone verify which versions are the correct ones?  --  JackofOz (talk) 12:31, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: On that point her 75th birthday festival could not have been in 1934, but 1933. Valetude (talk) 10:27, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Vital dates

message: Why is the topic notable enough for the article, let alone for the Lead? Marlindale (talk) 00:26, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cremation 

message: The rank "Brigadier General" exists in the U. S. Army but not, to my knowledge, in the British Army where the corresponding rank is "Brigadier". Marlindale (talk) 22:01, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: In the British Army, it was shortened-down to 'Brigadier' in 1925. Valetude (talk) 00:20, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youngest brother's Army rank Brigadier? 

message: Under the "Critical reception" sub-section, there is only mention of what her contemporary critics said about her work, and that perspective is of course coloured by societal biases against women from the time. Gates' quote acknowledges the double-standards, but I feel this section is missing a summary of how modern-day critics assess her body of work (and whether that differs from evaluations from the past). Genedecanter (talk) 23:35, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Critical reception - modern evaluation missing 

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message: the IPA of her surname states the final consonant as an unvoiced sound, but I have only ever come across that name in England pronounced with a voiced "th". 82.44.17.226 (talk) 09:15, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, it would never occur to me to pronounce it as if spelt 'smigh' Sbishop (talk) 10:40, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I added this to make the correct pronunciation clear, precisely because it is counter-intuitive and runs against normal usage in England (where I also live). But it does seem to be the correct pronunciation, for reasons clearly set out in the source given. Dionysodorus (talk) 18:02, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation