Publisher's Synopsis
Ina Boyle was born in Enniskerry, County Wicklow, where she enjoyed a sheltered childhood as a member of an Anglo-Irish family with roots in the medical, military and diplomatic professions. Boyle studied privately in Dublin with C.H. Kitson and Percy Buck, and she had her first success in 1919 when her orchestral rhapsody 'The Magic Harp'. As one of 20th-century Ireland's most prolific composers and the first Irishwoman to undertake a symphony, a concerto and a ballet, this first book on the life and music of Ina Boyle is long overdue.
