Ina Boyle's Quartet, composed in 1934, is a CD premiere. She was an Irish composer who, despite her extensive body of work, has been somewhat forgotten. Ignorance is something that has happened to many women composers. In her case, perhaps it also had to do with her reclusive life in her family's home in Ireland. She dedicated the string quartet to Anne Macnaghten, who has done much to promote the
… work of women composers. Ina Boyle's teacher Ralph Vaughan Williams is also represented on this CD. His fine Household Music is a string quartet, but without the pretensions of a string quartet. In fact, the music can also be performed differently, for example with winds or string orchestra. This is for the benefit of music amateurs for whom this is also attractive music. (HJ)more
