Ethel Hobday, née Sharpe (28 November 1872, Dublin – 10 July 1947, Tankerton) was an Irish pianist, who became famous in chamber-music recitals especially in England, and was married to the violist Alfred Charles Hobday.
[1] Ethel Sharpe was a pupil at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
She then went on to study at the Royal College of Music in London, under Franklin Taylor.
Following marriage to Alfred Hobday, she became known as Ethel Hobday, and took part in early recordings of full-length chamber-works (Brahms and Elgar Quintets) with the London Quartet and the Spencer Dyke Quartet.
She is the accompanist to violinist Albert Sammons and violist Lionel Tertis in many early recordings.