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Ernest Newlandsmith
George Ernest Newlandsmith (born Newland Smith; 1875–1958),[1] was a British musicologist with strong Christian belief who formed the Laresol Society to promote artistic vocation of a religious nature. Together with Dr. Ragheb Muftah he was instrumental in noting down and audio recording traditional Coptic church music in the years 1927 to 1936.
Newlandsmith was born in Greenwich, Kent, the son of Rev. James Newland Smith and Emma Errington Smithers. William Collier Smithers was his grandfather.[2][3]
- ^ Staff (2020). "Ernest Newlandsmith". loc.gov. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ 1911 England Census
- ^ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1923
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