Guirne Creith (born Gladys Mary Cohen; 21 February 1907, in London – 1996) was an English composer[1] and pianist most active in the 1920s and 1930s.
[3] She received the Charles Lucas Prize in 1925,[4] having entered the Royal Academy of Music just two years before under the pseudonym Guirne M Creith.
[9] During the 1930s Creith was appearing as a recitalist rather than a composer, though occasionally she would include her own works in the programmes, such as the Violin Sonata in B flat, which she played with Albert Sammons on 27 June 1933 at the Wigmore Hall.
"[11] Creith performed her piano composition A Portrait Gallery in a joint recital with the Russian singer Vladimir Rosing in London in June 1934.
Following an accident in 1952 that resulted in a permanent injury to her right hand, Creith became a singer, studying with Reinhold Gerhardt at the Guildhall School of Music, before turning to teaching (both piano and singing) from her mews flat in Swiss Cottage, Hampstead, London.