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.
In October 1923, Compton Mackenzie founded the National Gramophonic Society for the recording and publication by subscription of classical music, principally chamber music, which was of limited circulation.
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Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (original sextet version), with James Lockyer, viola and E.J. Robinson, cello (NGS M,N,O,P: 7 sides)
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It is best remembered now for a series of pioneering chamber music recordings made for the National Gramophonic Society.
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The Spencer Dyke Quartet was by then already well-known: Spencer Dyke joined the advisory board for the selection of material for the Society, together with Walter Willson Cobbett, and others.
Spencer Tracy | Kronos Quartet | Marks & Spencer | Spencer | Van Dyke Parks | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Modern Jazz Quartet | Herbert Spencer | Arditti Quartet | Greg Dyke | Dick Van Dyke | Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer | Spencer Gulf | Jimmy Spencer | Alban Berg Quartet | Spencer W. Kimball | Spencer Wells | Pacifica Quartet | Bud Spencer | Baldwin Spencer | Juilliard String Quartet | Fine Arts Quartet | Emerson String Quartet | Spencer Williams | Spencer P. Jones | Spencer Abraham | quartet | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | Jesse Spencer | Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer |