ABSTRACT
This chapter comprises a compressed account of Marie Hall’s life and career. In order to provide an alternative discursive understanding of her contribution to the history of British violin playing, I briefly examine several then-contemporary works Hall premiered and recorded. In tracing the scope and nature of her collaboration with composers Vaughan Williams and Sir Edward Elgar, and the circumstances around the recording of the Elgar violin concerto, the neglect of her artistic contribution by influential opinion-makers and record company executives becomes apparent.
