Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1216801 Composed by Ethel Barns. Arranged by Music for a While. 20th Century,Chamber,Classical,Romantic Period. Score. 5 pages. Music for a While #813317. Published by Music for a While (A0.1216801). Born in 1873, Ethel Barns studied at the Watford School of Music and later at the Royal Academy of Music in London before becoming famous as a violinist-composer. During her career Barns composed over 120 works comprising orchestral, chamber and vocal music; to date her music has been performed at the Proms twenty times and a large number of her works were published by houses such as Schott, Elkin and Carl Fischer. Although at the time several women had become famous as performers, it was rare for them to be recognised as composers. Barns died in 1948 and was buried at Highgate Cemetery in London.Drooping Willows was originally published in 1919 by Edwin Ashdown, Ltd, London in the collection “Landscapes, four short pieces for pianoâ€.
