Elsie Muriel Southgate (23 January 1880 – 5 May 1946) was a British violinist and composer[1] who toured England as a classical musician, played in vaudeville in the United States and Canada, and recorded commercially accompanied by her sister, organist and composer Dorothy Southgate (1889 - 1946).
[1] Southgate studied violin at the Royal Academy of Music with Émile Sauret.
She made her debut as a violin soloist in 1901, performing at the Promenade Concerts in 1905[5] and throughout Europe in recitals.
[6][4] She played at Buckingham Palace and for the Shah of Iran and the King of Italy on her Guarneri violin.
When her husband died sometime before 1911, she resumed performing to support her two small daughters.