Susan Spain-Dunk

Susan Spain-Dunk FRAM (22 February 1880 Folkestone, England – 1 January 1962 London) was an English composer, conductor and violinist/violist.

Susan Spain-Dunk also conducted work by other women composers, including Edith Swepstone's tone poem, A Vision.

The marriage lasted about sixteen years and she had one son, The Reverend Alan Henry Gibson (November 1911-September 1999),[4] and two grandchildren.

[9] The Idyll and Water Lily Pool (for flute, harp and strings) were both premiered at a British Women's Symphony Orchestra concert at Queen's Hall on 25 May 1925,[10] and repeated at the Proms on 13 October 1925.

[14] Elaine was conducted by the composer at the Proms on 25 August 1927,[15] and Stonehenge was produced at the Eastbourne Festival in 1929[16] and played again in Bournemouth in 1931.

[23][24][25] There are also modern recordings of her Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor (1910),[26] Piano Quartet (circa 1920) and Rhapsody Quintet for wind ensemble.

[27][28] The autograph manuscript of the Quartet in B flat minor was written and dated March 1914 with an address of 49 Castletown Road, West Kensington, London.

Two of Spain-Dunk's choral works, Verses from Psalm 43 and her cantata The Baptism of Jesus have been recorded by The BBC Singers.