About the Composer: Ethel Barns was an English violinist, pianist, and composer who spent her early years learning from major Romantic figures like Joseph Joachim, Alexander Karl Kummer, Prosper Sainton, and Émile Sauret. Barns studied with Sainton and Sauret during her time at the Royal Music Academy, where she also met her future husband and talented baritone Charles Phillips. The pair created the Barns-Phillips Concert Series, which showcased their talents as performers while also providing a platform for Barns to premiere her compositions. Barns retired in 1913 after separating from Phillips for unknown reasons. While many of Barns's compositions received premieres, very few were actually published for general performance. Many of her scores were lost to time until they were uncovered in a family member's attic almost forty years after her death.