The virtuosic double concerto Concerto for Violin Horn and Orchestra follows the traditional concerto three-movement form I Allegro moderato II Elegy (In Memoriam) and III Presto. The sheet music includes alternate parts forViola or Cello with Piano accompaniment.Composer Ethel Smyth was a prolific composer of serious music for several decades at the turn of the last century whose works commanded great critical acclaim and earned her the honour ofDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. A fiery powerful personality Smyth pursued her musical studies and career against her family’s wishes travelling to Leipzig to study there. Her style is late Romantic withrich Orchestration which fell out of favour in the 20th century. Sir Thomas Beecham was a champion of her work as was Henry Wood to whom this work is dedicated.