 Her teachers in London included John Francis Barnett (piano) and Edouard Silas (harmony and counterpoint).In the early 1890s she continued her studies in Paris with André Wormser and André Messager.In 1892, her operetta "The Wooden Spoon" was produced in London (also in New York, 1893), but she was known primarily for her songs, some of which became very popular.