This virtual exhibition explores women's contributions to contemporary music

Updated On: 02 March, 2025 09:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Debjani Paul

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Art is often political, especially when it’s made by women breaking new ground, going where no woman has gone before. Take the score “March of the Women”, composed by the English suffragette Ethyl Smyth in 1910. It became the theme song of the British suffragette movement. Apart from being jailed for her radical activism, Smyth was also a prolific composer and the first woman to have her work performed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Take a peek into her life and work in a virtual exhibition about women’s contributions to contemporary music, curated by the British Music Collection.

English suffragette Ethyl Smyth’s score, March of the Women. Pics/Wikimedia Commons